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  • 101past progressive tense — noun a progressive tense used to describe on going action in the past I had been running is an example of the past progressive • Syn: ↑past progressive • Hypernyms: ↑progressive, ↑progressive tense, ↑imperfect, ↑imperfect tense, ↑ …

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  • 102pluperfect tense — noun a perfective tense used to express action completed in the past I had finished is an example of the past perfect • Syn: ↑past perfect, ↑past perfect tense, ↑pluperfect • Hypernyms: ↑perfective, ↑perfective tense, ↑ …

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  • 103present progressive tense — noun a tense used to express action that is on going at the time of utterance • Syn: ↑present progressive • Hypernyms: ↑progressive, ↑progressive tense, ↑imperfect, ↑imperfect tense, ↑continuous tense …

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  • 104past tense — noun Date: 1813 a verb tense expressing action or state in or as if in the past: a. a verb tense expressive of elapsed time (as wrote in “on arriving I wrote a letter”) b. a verb tense expressing action or state in progress or continuance or… …

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  • 105Present Tense — Infobox Album | Name = Present Tense Type = Album Artist = Sagittarius Released = 1968 Recorded = 1968 Genre = Baroque Pop Length = Label = Columbia Records Producer = Gary Usher Curt Boettcher Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4.5|5… …

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  • 106future perfect tense — noun a perfective tense used to describe action that will be completed in the future I will have finished is an example of the future perfect • Syn: ↑future perfect • Hypernyms: ↑perfective, ↑perfective tense, ↑perfect, ↑perfect tense …

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  • 107present perfect tense — noun a perfective tense used to express action completed in the present I have finished is an example of the present perfect • Syn: ↑present perfect • Hypernyms: ↑perfective, ↑perfective tense, ↑perfect, ↑perfect tense …

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  • 108in|tense´ness — in|tense «ihn TEHNS», adjective. 1. very much; very great; very strong; extreme: »intense happiness, intense light. Intense heat melts iron. A bad burn causes intense pain. Deep, earnest thought is intense. SYNONYM(S): violent, vehement,… …

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  • 109in|tense´ly — in|tense «ihn TEHNS», adjective. 1. very much; very great; very strong; extreme: »intense happiness, intense light. Intense heat melts iron. A bad burn causes intense pain. Deep, earnest thought is intense. SYNONYM(S): violent, vehement,… …

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  • 110in|tense — «ihn TEHNS», adjective. 1. very much; very great; very strong; extreme: »intense happiness, intense light. Intense heat melts iron. A bad burn causes intense pain. Deep, earnest thought is intense. SYNONYM(S): violent, vehement, excessive. 2.… …

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