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- DictionaryPres·ent tense
noun
- 1. a tense expressing an action that is currently going on or habitually performed, or a state that currently or generally exists: "I'm using the present tense"
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Grammatical tense; pertaining to current time relative to speaker/writer/reader
The present tense (abbreviated PRES or PRS) is a grammatical tense whose principal function is to locate a situation or event in the present time. The present tense is used for actions which are happening now. In order to explain and understand present tense, it is useful to imagine time as a line on which the past tense, the present and the future tense are positioned. Wikipedia