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Noun Concept
Categories: Grammatical tenses
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present  present tense  present indicative  present imperfect  present indicative in French
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A verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking WordNet 3.0
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A verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
The present tense is a grammatical tense whose principal function is to locate a situation or event in the present time. Wikipedia
A grammatical tense of a verb Wikipedia Disambiguation
Grammatical tense. Wikipedia Disambiguation
Grammatical tense; pertaining to current time relative to speaker/writer/reader Wikidata
Verb tense and aspect Wikidata
Grammatical tense that describes the present or ongoing conditions. OmegaWiki
The current moment or period of time. Wiktionary
The present tense in the indicative mood. Wiktionary
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 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; or with future tense, an event, transaction or occurrence that has not yet happened, is expected to happen in the future, or might never happen. Wiktionary
Form of language. Wiktionary (translation)
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"Has the #5 bus arrived yet?" "Yeah, you didn't make it." (past tense). Wiktionary
"The bus is too far away. I can’t make it." (present tense). Wiktionary
"I see the #5 bus across the street. I won’t make it." (future tense). Wiktionary
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