Phrase guide

present tense

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A grammatical tense whose principal function is to locate a situation or event in the present time.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: present

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: tense

Narrower terms: historical present

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

121 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: teenwoordige tyd — form of language
  • Albanian: kohë e tashme — form of language
  • Albanian: koha e tashme — form of language
  • Albanian: tashme — form of language
  • Southern Altai: тургуза ӧй (turguza öy) — form of language
  • Southern Altai: эмдиги ӧй (emdigi öy) — form of language
  • Southern Altai: бӱгӱн (bügün) — form of language
  • Arabic: مُضَارِع (muḍāriʕ) — form of language
  • Arabic: فِعْل مُضَارِع (fiʕl muḍāriʕ) — form of language
  • Arabic: الْفِعْل الْمُضَارِع (al-fiʕl al-muḍāriʕ) — form of language
  • Armenian: ներկա (nerka) — form of language
  • Armenian: ներկա ժամանակ (nerka žamanak) — form of language
  • Azerbaijani: indiki zaman — form of language
  • Bashkir: хәҙерге заман (xəźerge zaman) — form of language
  • Belarusian: цяпе́рашні час (cjapjérašni čas) — form of language
  • Bengali: বর্তমান (bortoman) — form of language
  • Bengali: বর্তমান কাল (bortoman kal) — form of language
  • Bulgarian: сега́шно вре́ме (segášno vréme) — form of language
  • Burmese: ပစ္စုပ္ပန် (paccuppan) — form of language
  • Carpathian Rusyn: теперїшнїй час (teperjišnjij čas) — form of language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 現在時態 /现在时态 (xiànzài shítài) — form of language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 現在時 /现在时 (xiànzàishí) — form of language
  • Chuvash: хальхи вӑхӑт (halʹhi văh̬ăt) — form of language
  • Crimean Tatar: şimdiki zaman — form of language
  • Czech: přítomný čas — form of language
  • Danish: præsens — form of language
  • Danish: nutid — form of language
  • Dutch: tegenwoordige tijd — form of language
  • Estonian: olevik — form of language
  • Faroese: nútíð — form of language
  • Finnish: preesens — form of language
  • French: présent — form of language
  • West-Frisian: notiid — form of language
  • Galician: presente — form of language
  • Georgian: აწმყო (ac̣mq̇o) — form of language
  • German: Gegenwart — form of language
  • German: Präsens — form of language
  • Greek: ενεστώτας (enestótas) — form of language
  • Hebrew: לשון הוה (l'shón hové) — form of language
  • Hindi: वर्तमान (vartamān) — form of language
  • Hindi: वर्तमान काल (vartamān kāl) — form of language
  • Hungarian: jelen idő — form of language
  • Icelandic: nútíð — form of language
  • Ido: prezento — form of language
  • Indonesian: kala kini — form of language
  • Irish: aimsir láithreach — form of language
  • Italian: presente indicativo — form of language
  • Italian: indicativo presente — form of language
  • Italian: presente — form of language
  • Japanese: 現在時制 (genzai jisei) — form of language
  • Japanese: 現在形 (genzaikei) — form of language
  • Kalmyk: өдгә цаг (ödgä tsag) — form of language
  • Kazakh: осы шақ (osy şaq) — form of language
  • Khmer: វត្តមានា (vŏəttaʼmaanaa) — form of language
  • Korean: 현재 시제 (hyeonjae sije) — form of language
  • Kumyk: гьалиги заман (haligi zaman) — form of language
  • Kyrgyz: учур чак (ucur cak) — form of language
  • Lao: ປັດຈຸບັນ (pat chu ban) — form of language
  • Latin: tempus praesēns — form of language
  • Latin: praesēns — form of language
  • Latvian: tagadnes laiks — form of language
  • Lithuanian: esamasis laikas — form of language
  • Low German: Präsens — form of language
  • Low German: Nutiet — form of language
  • Macedonian: сегашно време (segašno vreme) — form of language
  • Macedonian: презент (prezent) — form of language
  • Malay: kala kini — form of language
  • Māori: wātū — form of language
  • Mongolian: одоо цаг (odoo cag) — form of language
  • Navajo: tʼáhdii — form of language
  • Nogai: аьлиги заман (äligi zaman) — form of language
  • Norman: présent — form of language
  • Norwegian Bokmål: presens — form of language
  • Norwegian Bokmål: nåtid — form of language
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: presens — form of language
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: notid — form of language
  • Old English: andweard tīd — form of language
  • Iranian Persian: حال (hâl) — form of language
  • Iranian Persian: زَمانِ حال (zamân-e hâl) — form of language
  • Polish: czas teraźniejszy — form of language
  • Portuguese: presente — form of language
  • Romanian: prezent — form of language
  • Romanian: timpul prezent — form of language
  • Romansh: preschent — form of language
  • Russian: настоя́щее вре́мя (nastojáščeje vrémja) — form of language
  • Scottish Gaelic: tràth làthaireach — form of language
  • Serbo-Croatian: пре́зент — form of language
  • Serbo-Croatian: садашње време — form of language
  • Serbo-Croatian: садашње вријеме — form of language
  • Serbo-Croatian: prézent — form of language
  • Serbo-Croatian: sadašnje vreme — form of language
  • Serbo-Croatian: sadašnje vrijeme — form of language
  • Shor: амдығы тем (amdığı tem) — form of language
  • Slovak: prítomný čas — form of language
  • Slovak: prézent — form of language
  • Slovene: sedanjik — form of language
  • Slovene: sedanji čas — form of language
  • Spanish: presente — form of language
  • Swedish: presens — form of language
  • Swedish: nutid — form of language
  • Tagalog: pangkasalukuyan — form of language
  • Tagalog: nagaganap — form of language
  • Tajik: ҳозира (hozira) — form of language
  • Tajik: вақти ҳозира (vaqt-i hozira) — form of language
  • Tajik: замони ҳозира (zamon-i hozira) — form of language
  • Tamil: நிகழ்காலம் (nikaḻkālam) — form of language
  • Tatar: хәзерге заман (xäzerge zaman) — form of language
  • Telugu: వర్తమానకాలము (vartamānakālamu) — form of language
  • Thai: ปัจจุบัน (bpàt-jù-ban) — form of language
  • Turkish: şimdiki — form of language
  • Turkmen: häzirki zaman — form of language
  • Tuvan: амгы үе (amgı üe) — form of language
  • Udmurt: али дыр (aľi dyr) — form of language
  • Ukrainian: тепе́рішній час (tepérišnij čas) — form of language
  • Urdu: حال (hāl) — form of language
  • Urdu: زَمانَۂ حال (zamāna-yi hāl) — form of language
  • Uyghur: ھازىرقى زامان (hazirqi zaman) — form of language
  • Uzbek: hozirgi zamon — form of language
  • Vietnamese: thì hiện tại — form of language
  • Walloon: tins prezintrece — form of language
  • Yakut: билиҥҥи кэм (biliŋŋi kem) — form of language