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Present Perfect

Definition: Present Perfect

Present Perfect

Noun

1. A perfective tense used to express action completed in the present; "`I have finished' is an example of the present perfect".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonym: Present Perfect

Synonym: present perfect tense (n). (additional references)

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Commercial Usage: Present Perfect

DomainTitle

Books

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Expression: Present Perfect

Expression using "present perfect": present perfect tense. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Present Perfect

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

present perfect tense

30

present perfect continuous

8
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Present Perfect

Language Translations for "present perfect"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Greek 

  

παρακείμενοσ (adjacent, perfect). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

befejezett jelen. (various references)

   

Italian

  

passato prossimo. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

現在完了時 (present perfect tense), 現在完了 (present perfect tense). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

'"ざいか"りょうじ (present perfect tense), '"ざいか"りょう (present perfect tense). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

esentpray erfectpay

   

Spanish

  

pretérito perfecto (perfect tense, present perfect tense). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Present Perfect

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-e-e-e-e-f-n-p-p-r-r-s-t-t"

-3 letters: preferences.

-4 letters: perfecters, perfectest, preference, references.

-5 letters: enfetters, fetterers, perfecter, preerects, prescreen, presentee, presenter, pretences, recentest, reference, referents, repenters, represent, respecter.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Present Perfect


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 72 65 73 65 6E 74      50 65 72 66 65 63 74

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01110010 01100101 01110011 01100101 01101110 01110100 00100000 01010000 01100101 01110010 01100110 01100101 01100011 01110100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#114 &#101 &#115 &#101 &#110 &#116 &#32 &#80 &#101 &#114 &#102 &#101 &#99 &#116

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 0072 0065 0073 0065 006E 0074      0050 0065 0072 0066 0065 0063 0074

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

50847185718086250718472716986

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Expressions
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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