tense
91present tense — noun a) Present tense is the form of language used to refer to an event, transaction, or occurrence which is happening now (or at the present time), or an object that currently exists. Compare with past tense, which is the form of language used… …
92past tense — noun a) Past tense is the form of language used to refer to an event, transaction, or occurrence that did happen or has happened, or an object that existed, at a point in time before now. Compare with present tense, which refers to an event,… …
93Nonpast tense — A nonpast tense (abbreviated npst) is a grammatical tense that distinguishes a verbal action as taking place in times present or future, as opposed to past tense. This can be illustrated in English, where future is not a separate form of the verb …
94Prophetic perfect tense — The prophetic perfect tense is a verb tense that some claim is used by the prophets in the Hebrew Bible. This literary technique refers to future events in the past tense. Many scholars contest the existence of this tense, claiming that all of… …
95Past Tense (Venture Bros. episode) — Infobox Television episode Title=Past Tense Series=The Venture Bros. Season=1 Episode=11 Airdate=16 October 2004 Writer= Jackson Publick Director= Jackson Publick Caption = Now that s how it s done! Production = 1 12 Guests = Prev=Tag Sale – You… …
96Past Perfect Future Tense — Infobox Album Name = Past Perfect Future Tense Type = Album Artist = Magne Furuholmen Released = 2004 Recorded = 2004 Genre = Synth Pop Length = 46:03 Label = Passionfruit Producer = Magne Furuholmen Reviews = * Last album = Hermetic (1998) This… …
97Nonfuture tense — A nonfuture tense (abbreviated nfut) is a grammatical tense that distinguishes a verbal action as having taken place in times past or times present, as opposed to future tense. The tense is found in the Rukai, a language of Taiwan …
98past tense — Three noteworthy special uses of the past tense of verbs are: 1. A continued action or state in indirect speech can be expressed either by the past or by the present: Did you say you had [or have] a house to let? / How did you find out that I was …
99future progressive tense — noun a progressive tense used to express action that will be on going in the future I will be running is an example of the future progressive • Syn: ↑future progressive • Hypernyms: ↑progressive, ↑progressive tense, ↑imperfect, ↑imperfect tense,… …
100past perfect 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, ↑pluperfect, ↑pluperfect tense • Hypernyms: ↑perfective, ↑perfective tense, ↑ …
