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present tense

[ prez-uhnt tens ]

noun

Grammar.
  1. (in English) the simple present.
  2. any verb formation or construction used to express an action or state occurring in the present, such as, in English, the present progressive.
  3. an instance or form of a specific verb expressing an action or state that occurs in the present.


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of present tense1

First recorded in 1400–50
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In an emotional interview on ITV's Lorraine, Cassidy said she sometimes finds it "hard to get out of bed" and still refers to him in the present tense.

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Walger struggled with “Lion” at first, until she landed upon the idea of using the continuous present tense as the “thread of beads” that holds together its nonlinear narrative.

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The lawyer reminded jurors that the question about drug use was posed in the present tense — “are you” an unlawful user or addicted to drugs?

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He pointed out to jurors that some of the questions on the firearms transaction record are in the present tense, such as “are you an unlawful user of or addicted to” drugs.

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“Someone, like Mr Biden who had just completed an 11-day rehabilitation program and lived with a sober companion after that, could surely believe he was not a present tense user or addict,” Mr Lowell wrote.

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