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  • 111Future tense — Future Fu ture (?; 135), a. [F. futur, L. futurus, used as fut. p. of esse to be, but from the same root as E. be. See {Be}, v. i.] That is to be or come hereafter; that will exist at any time after the present; as, the next moment is future, to… …

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  • 112Imperfect tense — Imperfect Im*per fect, a. [L. imperfectus: pref. im not + perfectus perfect: cf. F imparfait, whence OE. imparfit. See {Perfect}.] 1. Not perfect; not complete in all its parts; wanting a part; deective; deficient. [1913 Webster] Something he… …

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  • 113Perfect tense — Perfect Per fect, a. [OE. parfit, OF. parfit, parfet, parfait, F. parfait, L. perfectus, p. p. of perficere to carry to the end, to perform, finish, perfect; per (see {Per }) + facere to make, do. See {Fact}.] 1. Brought to consummation or… …

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  • 114Present tense — Present Pres ent, a. [F. pr[ e]sent, L. praesens, entis, that is before one, in sight or at hand, p. p. of praeesse to be before; prae before + esse to be. See {Essence}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Being at hand, within reach or call, within certain… …

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  • 115Past Tense (film) — Infobox Film name = Past Tense image size = caption = director = Graeme Clifford producer = Orson Welles writer = Scott Frost Miguel Tejada Flores narrator = starring = Scott Glenn Anthony LaPaglia Lara Flynn Boyle David Ogden Stiers Sheree J.… …

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  • 116Past Tense (Private Practice) — Infobox Television episode Title = Past Tense Series = Private Practice Season = 2 Episode = 4 Airdate = October 29, 2008 Production = 204 Writer = Craig Turk Director = TBD Episode list = List of Private Practice episodes Caption = Prev = TBA… …

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  • 117imperfect tense — noun A tense used to describe a past action that is ongoing, incomplete or continuous, or coincident with another action. “I was watching tennis” is an example of the imperfect tense …

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  • 118pluperfect tense — noun Tense of verb conjugated by adding had before the past participle of a verb. Examples: Syn: past perfect, past perfect tense …

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  • 119past imperfect tense — noun A grammatical tense which expresses the past as an action which was still going on at the point in time described, say someone was ...ing something, as opposed to the already accomplished counterpart past perfect tense (where the action took …

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  • 120present tense — n the present tense technical the form of the verb that shows what exists or is happening now = ↑the present …

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