tense
121future tense, the — noun LINGUISTICS the verb tense used for talking about future time …
122perfect tense, the — perfect ,tense, the noun LINGUISTICS the form of a verb used for talking about an action that has been completed before the present time. In the sentence Sharon has gone home, has gone is the perfect tense of go. => FUTURE PERFECT, PAST… …
123present tense — The natural and most frequent use of the present tense is in contexts of present time, whether actual (The door is open) or habitual (The door is always open / Paris is the capital of France). It is also used of past events in certain contexts,… …
124(the) future tense — the future tense UK US noun linguistics the verb tense used for talking about future time Thesaurus: verb forms and tenseshyponym …
125(the) perfect tense — the perfect tense UK US noun linguistics the form of a verb that is used for talking about an action that has been completed before the present time. In the sentence ‘Sharon has gone home’, ‘has gone’ is the perfect tense of ‘go’. Thesaurus: verb …
126hy|per|tense — «HY puhr TEHNS», adjective. excessively tense: »a hypertense baby that cries a lot (Maclean s) …
127present tense — noun Date: 14th century the tense of a verb that expresses action or state in the present time and is used of what occurs or is true at the time of speaking and of what is habitual or characteristic or is always or necessarily true, that is… …
128past historic tense — noun A tense used in some languages (such as French and Italian) in narrative, and in spoken language primarily when reading narrative, for completed actions in the past or in speaking of the dead. It is the same as the simple past in many… …
