"present tense" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: present tenses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} present tense (plural present tenses)
  1. (grammar) A grammatical tense whose principal function is to locate a situation or event in the present time. Categories (topical): Grammar, Tenses Synonyms: present Derived forms: dramatic present tense, historical present tense, historic present tense, narrative present tense, present historic tense Related terms: be, is, was, present continuous Translations (form of language): koha e tashme (Albanian), مضارع (muḍāriʕ) (Arabic), indiki zaman (Azerbaijani), хәҙерге заман (xəźerge zaman) (Bashkir), цяпе́рашні час (cjapjérašni čas) [masculine] (Belarusian), сега́шно вре́ме (segášno vréme) [neuter] (Bulgarian), ပစ္စုပ္ပန် (paccuppan) (Burmese), теперїшнїй час (teperjišnjij čas) [masculine] (Carpathian Rusyn), 現在時態 (Chinese Mandarin), 现在时态 (xiànzài shítài) (Chinese Mandarin), 現在時 (Chinese Mandarin), 现在时 (xiànzàishí) (Chinese Mandarin), хальхи вӑхӑт (halʹhi văh̬ăt) (Chuvash), şimdiki zaman (Crimean Tatar), přítomný čas [masculine] (Czech), præsens (Danish), tegenwoordige tijd [masculine] (Dutch), olevik (Estonian), nútíð [feminine] (Faroese), preesens (Finnish), présent (French), presente (Galician), აწმყო (ac̣mq̇o) (Georgian), Gegenwart [feminine] (German), Präsens [neuter] (German), ενεστώτας (enestótas) [masculine] (Greek), לשון הוה (l'shón hové) [masculine] (Hebrew), वर्तमान (vartamān) (Hindi), jelen idő (Hungarian), nútíð [feminine] (Icelandic), prezento (Ido), aimsir láithreach [feminine] (Irish), presente indicativo [masculine] (Italian), indicativo presente [masculine] (Italian), 現在時制 (genzai jisei) (alt: げんざいじせい) (Japanese), 現在形 (genzaikei) (alt: げんざいけい) (Japanese), өдгә цаг (ödgä tsag) (Kalmyk), осы шақ (osy şaq) (Kazakh), វត្តមានា (vŏəttaʼmaanaa) (Khmer), 현재 시제 (hyeonjae sije) (alt: 現在時制) (Korean), гьалиги заман (haligi zaman) (Kumyk), учур чак (ucur cak) (Kyrgyz), ປັດຈຸບັນ (pat chu ban) (Lao), tempus praesens (Latin), praesens (Latin), tagadnes laiks [masculine] (Latvian), esamasis laikas [masculine] (Lithuanian), Präsens [German-Low-German] (Low German), Nutiet [German-Low-German] (Low German), сегашно време (segašno vreme) [neuter] (Macedonian), wātū (Maori), одоо цаг (odoo cag) (Mongolian), tʼáhdii (Navajo), аьлиги заман (äligi zaman) (Nogai), présent [masculine] (Norman), presens [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), nåtid [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), presens [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), notid [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), حال (hâl) (Persian), czas teraźniejszy [masculine] (Polish), presente [masculine] (Portuguese), prezent [neuter] (Romanian), timpul prezent n def. form (Romanian), настоя́щее вре́мя (nastojáščeje vrémja) [neuter] (Russian), tràth làthaireach [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), презент [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), prezent [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), амдығы тем (amdığı tem) (Shor), prítomný čas [masculine] (Slovak), sedanjik [masculine] (Slovene), тургуза ӧй (turguza öy) (Southern Altai), presente (Spanish), presens (Swedish), pangkasalukuyan (Tagalog), nagaganap (Tagalog), ҳозира (hozira) (Tajik), вақти ҳозира (vaqti hozira) (Tajik), замони ҳозира (zamoni hozira) (Tajik), хәзерге заман (xäzerge zaman) (Tatar), వర్తమానకాలము (vartamānakālamu) (Telugu), ปัจจุบัน (bpàt-jù-ban) (Thai), şimdiki (Turkish), häzirki zaman (Turkmen), амгы үе (amgı üe) (Tuvan), али дыр (aľi dyr) (Udmurt), тепе́рішній час (tepérišnij čas) [masculine] (Ukrainian), ھازىرقى زامان (hazirqi zaman) (Uyghur), hozirgi zamon (Uzbek), thì hiện tại (Vietnamese), tins prezintrece [masculine] (Walloon), notiid (West Frisian), билиҥҥи кэм (biliññi kem) (Yakut)

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          "word": "koha e tashme"
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          "sense": "form of language",
          "word": "ပစ္စုပ္ပန်"
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          "sense": "form of language",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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          "lang": "Chuvash",
          "roman": "halʹhi văh̬ăt",
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          "lang": "Crimean Tatar",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "word": "şimdiki zaman"
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          "sense": "form of language",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "form of language",
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          "sense": "form of language",
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          "lang": "Estonian",
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          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "nútíð"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "word": "preesens"
        },
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "word": "présent"
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "word": "presente"
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ac̣mq̇o",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "word": "აწმყო"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "Gegenwart"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "enestótas",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "he",
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          "roman": "l'shón hové",
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          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "vartamān",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "word": "वर्तमान"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "word": "jelen idő"
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          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "nútíð"
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          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "word": "prezento"
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "aimsir láithreach"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "presente indicativo"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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        {
          "alt": "げんざいじせい",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "genzai jisei",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "word": "現在時制"
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        {
          "alt": "げんざいけい",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "genzaikei",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "word": "現在形"
        },
        {
          "code": "xal",
          "lang": "Kalmyk",
          "roman": "ödgä tsag",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "word": "өдгә цаг"
        },
        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "osy şaq",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "word": "осы шақ"
        },
        {
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "vŏəttaʼmaanaa",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "word": "វត្តមានា"
        },
        {
          "alt": "現在時制",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "hyeonjae sije",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "word": "현재 시제"
        },
        {
          "code": "kum",
          "lang": "Kumyk",
          "roman": "haligi zaman",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "word": "гьалиги заман"
        },
        {
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "ucur cak",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "word": "учур чак"
        },
        {
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "pat chu ban",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "word": "ປັດຈຸບັນ"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "word": "tempus praesens"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "word": "praesens"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tagadnes laiks"
        },
        {
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "esamasis laikas"
        },
        {
          "code": "nds-de",
          "lang": "Low German",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "tags": [
            "German-Low-German"
          ],
          "word": "Präsens"
        },
        {
          "code": "nds-de",
          "lang": "Low German",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "tags": [
            "German-Low-German"
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          "word": "Nutiet"
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "segašno vreme",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "word": "сегашно време"
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          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "form of language",
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          "roman": "odoo cag",
          "sense": "form of language",
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          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "word": "tʼáhdii"
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          "lang": "Nogai",
          "roman": "äligi zaman",
          "sense": "form of language",
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          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
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          "sense": "form of language",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "notid"
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          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "hâl",
          "sense": "form of language",
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "lang": "Romanian",
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nastojáščeje vrémja",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "word": "настоя́щее вре́мя"
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          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
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          "tags": [
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          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
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            "masculine"
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          "code": "cjs",
          "lang": "Shor",
          "roman": "amdığı tem",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "word": "амдығы тем"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "prítomný čas"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sedanjik"
        },
        {
          "code": "alt",
          "lang": "Southern Altai",
          "roman": "turguza öy",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "word": "тургуза ӧй"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "word": "presente"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "word": "presens"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "word": "pangkasalukuyan"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "word": "nagaganap"
        },
        {
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "hozira",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "word": "ҳозира"
        },
        {
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "vaqti hozira",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "word": "вақти ҳозира"
        },
        {
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "zamoni hozira",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "word": "замони ҳозира"
        },
        {
          "code": "tt",
          "lang": "Tatar",
          "roman": "xäzerge zaman",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "word": "хәзерге заман"
        },
        {
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "vartamānakālamu",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "word": "వర్తమానకాలము"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "bpàt-jù-ban",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "word": "ปัจจุบัน"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "word": "şimdiki"
        },
        {
          "code": "tk",
          "lang": "Turkmen",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "word": "häzirki zaman"
        },
        {
          "code": "tyv",
          "lang": "Tuvan",
          "roman": "amgı üe",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "word": "амгы үе"
        },
        {
          "code": "udm",
          "lang": "Udmurt",
          "roman": "aľi dyr",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "word": "али дыр"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "tepérišnij čas",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "тепе́рішній час"
        },
        {
          "code": "ug",
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "roman": "hazirqi zaman",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "word": "ھازىرقى زامان"
        },
        {
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "word": "hozirgi zamon"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "word": "thì hiện tại"
        },
        {
          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tins prezintrece"
        },
        {
          "code": "fy",
          "lang": "West Frisian",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "word": "notiid"
        },
        {
          "code": "sah",
          "lang": "Yakut",
          "roman": "biliññi kem",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "word": "билиҥҥи кэм"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "present tense"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "dramatic present tense"
    },
    {
      "word": "historical present tense"
    },
    {
      "word": "historic present tense"
    },
    {
      "word": "narrative present tense"
    },
    {
      "word": "present historic tense"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "present tenses",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "present tense (plural present tenses)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "be"
    },
    {
      "word": "is"
    },
    {
      "word": "was"
    },
    {
      "word": "present continuous"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Bashkir terms with redundant script codes",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Hebrew terms with redundant script codes",
        "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
        "Kazakh terms with redundant script codes",
        "Kumyk terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Kyrgyz terms with redundant script codes",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Yakut terms with redundant script codes",
        "en:Grammar",
        "en:Tenses"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1998 March 30, Lance Morrow, “The Trouble With The Present Tense”, in Time",
          "text": "Animals—lions and zebras and beautiful snakes—live vividly in the present tense, in a bright unconsciousness of time. That is their innocence and their limitation. Humans carry with them their experiences, their pasts; men and women work with a knowledge of consequences and, doing so, impose order on the chaotic present and project consequences into the future.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A grammatical tense whose principal function is to locate a situation or event in the present time."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grammar",
          "grammar"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(grammar) A grammatical tense whose principal function is to locate a situation or event in the present time."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "present"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "word": "koha e tashme"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "muḍāriʕ",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "word": "مضارع"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "word": "indiki zaman"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "xəźerge zaman",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "word": "хәҙерге заман"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "cjapjérašni čas",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "цяпе́рашні час"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "segášno vréme",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "сега́шно вре́ме"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "paccuppan",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "word": "ပစ္စုပ္ပန်"
    },
    {
      "code": "rue",
      "lang": "Carpathian Rusyn",
      "roman": "teperjišnjij čas",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "теперїшнїй час"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "word": "現在時態"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiànzài shítài",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "word": "现在时态"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "word": "現在時"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiànzàishí",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "word": "现在时"
    },
    {
      "code": "cv",
      "lang": "Chuvash",
      "roman": "halʹhi văh̬ăt",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "word": "хальхи вӑхӑт"
    },
    {
      "code": "crh",
      "lang": "Crimean Tatar",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "word": "şimdiki zaman"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "přítomný čas"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "word": "præsens"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tegenwoordige tijd"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "word": "olevik"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nútíð"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "word": "preesens"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "word": "présent"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "word": "presente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ac̣mq̇o",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "word": "აწმყო"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Gegenwart"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Präsens"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "enestótas",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ενεστώτας"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "l'shón hové",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "לשון הוה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "vartamān",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "word": "वर्तमान"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "word": "jelen idő"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nútíð"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "word": "prezento"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aimsir láithreach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "presente indicativo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "indicativo presente"
    },
    {
      "alt": "げんざいじせい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "genzai jisei",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "word": "現在時制"
    },
    {
      "alt": "げんざいけい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "genzaikei",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "word": "現在形"
    },
    {
      "code": "xal",
      "lang": "Kalmyk",
      "roman": "ödgä tsag",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "word": "өдгә цаг"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "osy şaq",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "word": "осы шақ"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "vŏəttaʼmaanaa",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "word": "វត្តមានា"
    },
    {
      "alt": "現在時制",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "hyeonjae sije",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "word": "현재 시제"
    },
    {
      "code": "kum",
      "lang": "Kumyk",
      "roman": "haligi zaman",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "word": "гьалиги заман"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "ucur cak",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "word": "учур чак"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "pat chu ban",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "word": "ປັດຈຸບັນ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "word": "tempus praesens"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "word": "praesens"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tagadnes laiks"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "esamasis laikas"
    },
    {
      "code": "nds-de",
      "lang": "Low German",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
        "German-Low-German"
      ],
      "word": "Präsens"
    },
    {
      "code": "nds-de",
      "lang": "Low German",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
        "German-Low-German"
      ],
      "word": "Nutiet"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "segašno vreme",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "сегашно време"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "word": "wātū"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "odoo cag",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "word": "одоо цаг"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "word": "tʼáhdii"
    },
    {
      "code": "nog",
      "lang": "Nogai",
      "roman": "äligi zaman",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "word": "аьлиги заман"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "présent"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "presens"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nåtid"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "presens"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "notid"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "hâl",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "word": "حال"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "czas teraźniejszy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "presente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "prezent"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "word": "timpul prezent n def. form"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nastojáščeje vrémja",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "настоя́щее вре́мя"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tràth làthaireach"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "презент"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prezent"
    },
    {
      "code": "cjs",
      "lang": "Shor",
      "roman": "amdığı tem",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "word": "амдығы тем"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prítomný čas"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sedanjik"
    },
    {
      "code": "alt",
      "lang": "Southern Altai",
      "roman": "turguza öy",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "word": "тургуза ӧй"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "word": "presente"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "word": "presens"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "word": "pangkasalukuyan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "word": "nagaganap"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "hozira",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "word": "ҳозира"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "vaqti hozira",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "word": "вақти ҳозира"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "zamoni hozira",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "word": "замони ҳозира"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "xäzerge zaman",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "word": "хәзерге заман"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "vartamānakālamu",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "word": "వర్తమానకాలము"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "bpàt-jù-ban",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "word": "ปัจจุบัน"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "word": "şimdiki"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "word": "häzirki zaman"
    },
    {
      "code": "tyv",
      "lang": "Tuvan",
      "roman": "amgı üe",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "word": "амгы үе"
    },
    {
      "code": "udm",
      "lang": "Udmurt",
      "roman": "aľi dyr",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "word": "али дыр"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "tepérišnij čas",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "тепе́рішній час"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "hazirqi zaman",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "word": "ھازىرقى زامان"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "word": "hozirgi zamon"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "word": "thì hiện tại"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tins prezintrece"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "word": "notiid"
    },
    {
      "code": "sah",
      "lang": "Yakut",
      "roman": "biliññi kem",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "word": "билиҥҥи кэм"
    }
  ],
  "word": "present tense"
}

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