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Definition of the present tense noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

the present tense

noun

/ðə ˌpreznt ˈtens/

/ðə ˌpreznt ˈtens/

(also the present)

[usually singular] (grammar)

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the form of a verb that expresses an action that is happening now or at the time of speakingTopics Languagea1

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