présent

Definitions of présent
  1. noun
    a verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking
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    type of:
    temps
    a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time
  2. noun
    the period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech
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    types:
    instant, moment
    at this time
    datage, date
    the present
    type of:
    temps
    the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past
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