present tense

Noun

Meaning

a verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

present now existing newness today modern world present perfect modern history tody present time presents current age current period Current Era present times

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Antonyms

history past olden days earlier times old days old times

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Hypernyms

tense

Hyponyms

historical present

Examples

Politics is history in the present tense. John Avlon

Winners live in the present tense. People who come up short are consumed with future or past. I want to be living in the now. Alex Rodriguez

Rodgers and Hammerstein didn't mean anything to me. I just wanted to have a hit, I just wanted to be like those people on the radio. It was all of a case of the present tense with no projecting into the future, particularly. Art Garfunkel

Everything is beautiful. We have all this beauty in the world and all we have to do is reach out and touch it, it is all there and all ours for the taking." -- Cecilia to Henry Chinaski, liberty taken changing past tense to present tense (173) Charles Bukowski

People tend to vote the present tense - not the subjective. Diane Sawyer

The present tense made him nervous. William Gibson

Close letter words and terms

present state of affairs present subjunctive present system present throughout the year present time present times