tense : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going
  imperfect; imperfect tense; progressive; continuous tense.
  

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• noun a perfective tense used to describe action that will be completed in the future
  future perfect.
  
  • `I will have finished' is an example of the future perfect

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• noun a progressive tense used to express action that will be on-going in the future
  future progressive.
  
  • `I will be running' is an example of the future progressive

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• noun a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future
  future.
  

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• (Gram.), the tense or modification of a verb which expresses a future act or event.

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• noun a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going
  imperfect; imperfect tense; progressive; continuous tense.
  

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• (Gram), a tense expressing past time and incomplete action.

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• noun a perfective tense used to express action completed in the past
  past perfect tense; past perfect; pluperfect.
  
  • `I had finished' is an example of the past perfect

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• noun a progressive tense used to describe on-going action in the past
  past progressive.
  
  • `I had been running' is an example of the past progressive

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• noun a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past
  past.
  

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• noun a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect)
  perfect; perfective; perfect tense.
  

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• (Gram.), a tense which expresses an act or state completed. = perfective

Webster 1913

• noun a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect)
  perfect; perfective; perfect tense.
  

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• noun a perfective tense used to express action completed in the past
  past perfect tense; past perfect; pluperfect.
  
  • `I had finished' is an example of the past perfect

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• noun a perfective tense used to express action completed in the present
  present perfect.
  
  • `I have finished' is an example of the present perfect

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• noun a tense used to express action that is on-going at the time of utterance
  present progressive.
  

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• noun a verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking
  present.
  

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• (Gram.), the tense or form of a verb which expresses action or being in the present time; as, I am writing, I write, or I do write.

Webster 1913

• noun a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going
  imperfect; imperfect tense; progressive; continuous tense.
  

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• noun a system of tenses used in a particular language
  

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• verb become tense, nervous, or uneasy
  tense.
  
  • He tensed up when he saw his opponent enter the room
• verb cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious
  strain; tense.
  
  • he got a phone call from his lawyer that tensed him up

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