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PRESENT PERFECT TENSE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does present perfect tense mean?
• PRESENT PERFECT TENSE (noun)
The noun PRESENT PERFECT TENSE has 1 sense:
1. a perfective tense used to express action completed in the present
Familiarity information: PRESENT PERFECT TENSE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PRESENT PERFECT TENSE (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A perfective tense used to express action completed in the present
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Synonyms:
present perfect; present perfect tense
Context example:
'I have finished' is an example of the present perfect
Hypernyms ("present perfect tense" is a kind of...):
perfect; perfect tense; perfective; perfective tense (a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect))
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