PRESENT TENSE

Meaning of PRESENT TENSE in English

(also the present ) noun

[ usually sing. ] ( grammar ) the form of a verb that expresses an action that is happening now or at the time of speaking

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

PRESENT TENSE — noun Date: 14th century the tense of a verb that expresses action or state in the present time and is …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PRESENT TENSE — noun Etymology: Middle English present tens : the tense of a verb that expresses action or state in the present …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PRESENT TENSE — Date: 14th century : the tense of a verb that expresses action or state in the present time and is …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PRESENT TENSE — Function: noun Date: 14th century : the tense of a verb that expresses action or state in the present time …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
PRESENT TENSE — [present tense] n (14c): the tense of a verb that expresses action or state in the present time and is …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PRESENT TENSE — ˌpresent ˈtense BrE AmE noun the present tense technical the form of the verb that shows what exists or is …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PRESENT TENSE — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Bernstein was unable to construct anything other than disjointed school-book phrases in the present tense …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PRESENT TENSE — настоящее время Syn : present
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PRESENT TENSE — Настоящее время
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
PRESENT TENSE — настоящее время Syn:present
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
PRESENT TENSE — настоящее время
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PRESENT TENSE — настоящее время
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PRESENT TENSE — настоящее время Syn: present
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
PRESENT TENSE — настоящее время Syn: present
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
PRESENT TENSE — настоящее время Syn : present
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
TENSE — I. ˈten(t)s noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English tens, tense time, tense, from Middle French tens, from Latin tempor-, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PRESENT — I. pres·ent ˈprez ə nt noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from presenter to present 1. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TENSE — tense 1 — tensely , adv. — tenseness , n. /tens/ , adj., tenser, tensest , v. , tensed, tensing …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PRESENT — present 1 — presentness , n. /prez"euhnt/ , adj. 1. being, existing, or occurring at this time or now; current: …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TENSE — I. ˈten(t)s noun Etymology: Middle English tens time, tense, from Anglo-French, from Latin tempus Date: 14th century 1. : a …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PRESENT — I. pres·ent ˈpre-z ə nt noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from presenter Date: 13th century : something presented : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TENSE — adj stretched tightly; strained to stiffness; rigid; not lax; as, a tense fiber. 2. tense ·noun one of the forms …
Webster English vocab
PRESENT — adj favorably attentive; propitious. 2. present ·adj to bring an indictment against ... 3. present ·adj ready; quick in emergency; …
Webster English vocab
TENSE — [tense] n [ME tens time, tense, fr. MF, fr. L tempus] (14c) 1: a distinction of form in a verb …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PRESENT — [pres.ent] n [ME, fr. OF, fr. presenter] (13c): something presented: gift [2]pre.sent vb [ME, fr. OF presenter, fr. L praesentare, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TENSE — in grammar, a verbal category relating the time of a narrated event to the time of the speech event. In …
Britannica English vocabulary
PRESENT — I present adjective; noun 'gift'; noun 'time now' BrE AmE ˈprez ə nt ▷ present|ly li ▷ present|s s ▶ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TENSE — / tens; NAmE / adjective , noun , verb ■ adjective 1. ( of a person ) nervous or worried, …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PRESENT — adjective , noun , verb ■ adjective / ˈpreznt; NAmE / 1. [ only before noun ] existing or happening …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TENSE — I. tense 1 AC /tens/ BrE AmE adjective [ Word Family: noun : ↑ tenseness , ↑ tension ; verb …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PRESENT — I. pres ‧ ent 1 S2 W2 /ˈprez ə nt/ BrE AmE adjective [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TENSE — n. Gram. 1 a form taken by a verb to indicate the time (also the continuance or completeness) of the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TENSE — adj. & v. --adj. 1 stretched tight, strained (tense cord; tense muscle; tense nerves; tense emotion). 2 causing tenseness (a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PRESENT — adj. & n. --adj. 1 (usu. predic.) being in the place in question (was present at the trial). 2 a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TENSE — n. Gram. 1 a form taken by a verb to indicate the time (also the continuance or completeness) of the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TENSE — adj. & v. adj. 1 stretched tight, strained (tense cord; tense muscle; tense nerves; tense emotion). 2 causing tenseness (a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PRESENT — v. & n. v.tr. 1 introduce, offer, or exhibit, esp. for public attention or consideration. 2 a (with a thing …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PRESENT — adj. & n. adj. 1 (usu. predic.) being in the place in question (was present at the trial). 2 a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TENSE — 1. adj. & v. --adj. 1. stretched tight, strained (tense cord; tense muscle; tense nerves; tense emotion). 2 causing tenseness …
Oxford English vocab
PRESENT — 1. adj. & n. --adj. 1. (usu. predic.) being in the place in question (was present at the trial). 2 …
Oxford English vocab
PRESENT — I. EXISTING OR HAPPENING NOW /prez(ə)nt/ Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TENSE — ( tenser, tensest, tenses, tensing, tensed) 1. A tense situation or period of time is one that makes people anxious, …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TENSE — (~r, ~st, ~s, tensing, ~d) 1. A ~ situation or period of time is one that makes people anxious, because …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
TENSE — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a strained/tense atmosphere (= not relaxed ) ▪ As soon as I went in, …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PRESENT — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a birthday present ▪ Have you got Lou a birthday present yet? a Christmas …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TENSE
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PRESENT — Synonyms and related words : Christmas present, accessible, accommodate, accord, acquaint, actual, adduce, adjacent, administer, advance, affect, afford, affront, aid, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
TENSE — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ future , past , present ▪ verb VERB + TENSE ▪ use ▪ form ▪ The …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
PRESENT — See ↑ GIVE 3,4, ↑ NOW 4, ↑ PERFORM/PERFORMANCE 4, ↑ SHOW 1, ↑ SUGGEST 2, ↑ TELEVISION/RADIO 7 ◆◆◆ …
Longman Activator English vocab
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Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
PRESENT — n. 25B6; adjective a doctor must be present at the ringside : IN ATTENDANCE, here, there, near, nearby, (close/near) at …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
TENSE — Of programs, very clever and efficient. A tense piece of code often got that way because it was highly bum …
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
TENSE — adj. 1 taut, strained, stiff, under tension, rigid One could see how tense the muscles were under the skin 2 …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
PRESENT — n. 1 gift May I open my birthday presents now? 2 donation, offering, bounty, grant, largesse, contribution, endowment I'll make …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
PRESENT — adj. 1 current, contemporary, present-day, existing, existent, up to date, Colloq now Do you understand the present generation? 2 nearby, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
TENSE — Of programs, very clever and efficient. A tense piece of code often got that way because it was highly bum …
Jargon File English vocabulary
PRESENT — I noun 1 BAD : In the present she is involved in a project at the Housing Research Institute. GOOD …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
TENSE — I сущ.; грам. время the future tense ≈ будущее время the future perfect tense ≈ будущее совершенное время the past …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PRESENT — I 1. сущ. 1) текущий момент; настоящее; настоящее время at present ≈ в данное время until the present ≈ до …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TENSE — tense.ogg _I tens n грам. время present past, future tense - настоящее прошедшее, будущее время _II 1. tens a 1. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PRESENT — present.ogg _I 1. ʹprez(ə)nt n 1. настоящее (время) at present - в настоящее /в данное/ время for the present - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PRESENT — 1) вручать 2) действительный 3) имеющийся налицо 4) настоящее время 5) настоящий 6) представлять 7) присутствовать 8) присутствующий 9) теперешний 10) теперь • present in factor form — разлагать на множитель - …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
TENSE — tense I сущ.; грам.лингв. грамматическое время the future tense — будущее время the future perfect tense — будущее совершенное время …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
TENSE — _I tens n грам. время present past, future tense - настоящее прошедшее, будущее время _II 1. tens a 1. 1> …
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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