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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.
▪ Harrison writes in the present tense, excising names, places, location, time frame.
▪ She lived in the present tense of the school with its totally absorbing pattern of routine and minor rebellion.
▪ Switching from the future to the present tense has other advantages.
▪ The present tense is generally also used when telling a story, as in a summary of the narrative of a novel.
▪ The present tense is used in this case because it carries a sense of immediacy and impact.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Present tense

Present \Pres"ent\, a. [F. pr['e]sent, L. praesens,-entis, that is before one, in sight or at hand, p. p. of praeesse to be before; prae before + esse to be. See Essence.]

  1. Being at hand, within reach or call, within certain contemplated limits; -- opposed to absent.

    These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you.
    --John xiv. 25.

  2. Now existing, or in process; begun but not ended; now in view, or under consideration; being at this time; not past or future; as, the present session of Congress; the present state of affairs; the present instance.

    I'll bring thee to the present business
    --Shak.

  3. Not delayed; immediate; instant; coincident. ``A present recompense.'' ``A present pardon.''
    --Shak.

    An ambassador . . . desires a present audience.
    --Massinger.

  4. Ready; quick in emergency; as a present wit. [R.]

  5. Favorably attentive; propitious. [Archaic]

    To find a god so present to my prayer.
    --Dryden.

    Present tense (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.

Wiktionary
present tense

n. (context grammar English): '''Present tense''' is the form of language used to refer to an event, transaction, or occurrence which is happening now (or at the present time), or an object that currently exists. Compare with past tense, which is the form of language used to refer to an event, transaction, or occurrence that did happen or has happened, or an object that existed, at a point in time before now; or with future tense, an event, transaction or occurrence that has not yet happened, is expected to happen in the future, or might never happen.

WordNet
present tense

n. a verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking [syn: present]

Wikipedia
Present tense

The present tense is a grammatical tense whose principal function is to locate a situation or event in present time. The term "present tense" is usually used in descriptions of specific languages to refer to a particular grammatical form or set of forms; these may have a variety of uses, not all of which will necessarily refer to present time. For example, in the English sentence My train leaves tomorrow morning, the verb form leaves is said to be in the present tense, even though in this particular context it refers to an event in future time. Similarly, in the historical present, the present tense is used to narrate events that occurred in the past.

There are two common types of present tense form in most Indo-European languages: the present indicative (the combination of present tense and indicative mood) and the present subjunctive (the combination of present tense and subjunctive mood).

Present tense may be denoted by the glossing abbreviation or .

Present Tense (Sagittarius album)

Present Tense is the first Sagittarius album, released in 1968 by Columbia Records. Though the record was basically a Gary Usher solo project, he enlisted many top LA session musicians, and heavily utilized Curt Boettcher as a songwriter, musician, vocalist, and producer (even going so far as to include two tracks that Boettcher had produced on his own as the leader of the group The Ballroom). The album also contains the recording " My World Fell Down", which had no Boettcher involvement, albeit the LP version was edited, with the musique concrète bridge from the single version being excised (though a few extra bars of music were added in between the first and second verses). The single "Hotel Indiscreet" also had a similar fate when it reached the LP.

The album was reissued on CD by Sundazed Records in 1997 with 9 bonus tracks. Two of these are the original single versions of "My World Fell Down" and "Hotel Indiscreet", as well as another track from The Ballroom, a Sandy Salisbury song, and the instrumental track for a song that was recorded by Chad & Jeremy. In 2006 the album was reissued again on CD in Japan by Sony in a Mini-LP style sleeve, featuring the album but with different bonus tracks, then again in 2009 by Rev-Ola Records but with the same track listing as the Sundazed reissue. The track listing given below reflects the original LP.

Present Tense (disambiguation)

The present tense is a grammatical tense.

Present Tense may also refer to:

Present Tense (Wild Beasts album)

Present Tense is the fourth studio album by Wild Beasts, released 24 February 2014 on Domino Records. It was preceded by the single "Wanderlust" released on the same day.

Usage examples of "present tense".

The use of present tense and stream of consciousness were attempts to bridge the first-person time barrier-with little success, I might add, since both techniques tend to drive away the vast majority of the potential audience.

He seemed not to notice that he had reverted to the present tense.

To capture some of the drama of what happened next, I'm going to try my narrative skill in present tense.

Perspective was lost and the entire view was foreshortened -- lending an immediacy to the landscape, a sense of present tense, here and now, as though no other time and place ever existed.