Present Tense

Definition: Present Tense

Present Tense

Noun

1. A verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking.

Synonym: Present Tense

Synonym: present (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Present Tense

English words defined with "present tense": historical present ♦ Is ♦ Parusia ♦ Wis. (references)

Specialty definitions using "present tense": Wasn't. (references)

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Modern Usage: Present Tense

Domain	Usage
Clever	Life is like a grammar lesson: You find the past perfect and the present tense. (references; author: unknown)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Present Tense

Domain	Title
Books	Kiss This: Punk in the Present Tense (reference) Rosey in the Present Tense (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Love in the Present Tense *Final Sale (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Past Imperfect, Present Tense (reference) Present Tense (reference) Under The Pretense of Present Tense (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Present Tense

Author	Quotation
Ralph Waldo Emerson	We must set up a strong present tense against all rumors of wrath, past and to come.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Present Tense

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
present tense	37
present tense verb	6
continuous present tense	6
past present tense	5
jam pearl present tense	4
continuous perfect present tense	2
future past present tense verb	2
past perfect present tense	2
continiuos point power present tense	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Present Tense

Language		Translations for "present tense"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		kohë e tashme (present). (various references)

Arabic		‏مضارع (like, present). (various references)

Bulgarian		сегашно време (present). (various references)

Czech		přítomný èas (present). (various references)

German		präsens (present). (various references)

Greek		ενεστώσ χρόνοσ. (various references)

Hebrew		�"ו�" (being, existing, nonce, present). (various references)

Hungarian		jelen idő. (various references)

Manx		emshir laaragh, emshir aaragh. (various references)

Pig Latin		esentpray ensetay

Russian		настоящее время (here and now, nowadays, present). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		sadašnje vreme (present). (various references)

Swedish		presens (present). (various references)

Turkish		şimdiki zaman (nonce, nowadays, present). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Present Tense

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-e-e-e-n-n-p-r-s-s-t-t"
	-2 letters: presentees.
	-3 letters: presentee, pretenses.
	-4 letters: ententes, pensters, pentenes, pertness, presents, preteens, pretense, pretests, serenest, serpents, steepens, steepers, steepest, sternest, terpenes.
	-5 letters: entente, entrees, nesters, netters, peeress, penners, pensees, penster, pentene, pertest, pesters, petters, present, presets, preteen, pretest, renests, rennets, repents, resents, retenes, retests, sennets, septets, serenes, serpent, settees, setters, steepen, steeper, streets, teeners, teepees.
	Words containing the letters "e-e-e-e-n-n-p-r-s-s-t-t"
	+3 letters: intemperateness.
	+5 letters: intemperatenesses, pretentiousnesses.
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