"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. Wikidata QID: Q192613 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): teenwoordige tyd (Afrikaans), kohë e tashme [feminine] (Albanian), koha e tashme [definite, feminine] (Albanian), tashme [feminine] (Albanian), مُضَارِع (muḍāriʕ) [masculine] (Arabic), فِعْل مُضَارِع (fiʕl muḍāriʕ) [masculine] (Arabic), الْفِعْل الْمُضَارِع (al-fiʕl al-muḍāriʕ) [definite, masculine] (Arabic), ներկա (nerka) (Armenian), ներկա ժամանակ (nerka žamanak) (Armenian), indiki zaman (Azerbaijani), хәҙерге заман (xəźerge zaman) (Bashkir), цяпе́рашні час (cjapjérašni čas) [masculine] (Belarusian), বর্তমান (bortoman) (Bengali), বর্তমান কাল (bortoman kal) (Bengali), сега́шно вре́ме (segášno vréme) [neuter] (Bulgarian), ပစ္စုပ္ပန် (paccuppan) (Burmese), теперїшнїй час (teperjišnjij čas) [masculine] (Carpathian Rusyn), 現在時態 /现在时态 (xiànzài shítài) (Chinese Mandarin), 現在時 /现在时 (xiànzàishí) (Chinese Mandarin), хальхи вӑхӑт (halʹhi văh̬ăt) (Chuvash), şimdiki zaman (Crimean Tatar), přítomný čas [masculine] (Czech), præsens [common-gender] (Danish), nutid [common-gender] (Danish), tegenwoordige tijd [masculine] (Dutch), olevik (Estonian), nútíð [feminine] (Faroese), preesens (Finnish), présent [masculine] (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) [masculine] (Hindi), वर्तमान काल (vartamān kāl) [masculine] (Hindi), jelen idő (Hungarian), nútíð [feminine] (Icelandic), prezento (Ido), kala kini (Indonesian), حال (hâl) (Iranian Persian), زَمانِ حال (zamân-e hâl) (Iranian Persian), aimsir láithreach [feminine] (Irish), presente indicativo [masculine] (Italian), indicativo presente [masculine] (Italian), 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 praesēns [neuter] (Latin), praesēns [neuter] (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), презент (prezent) [masculine] (Macedonian), kala kini (Malay), wātū (Maori), одоо цаг (odoo cag) [Cyrillic] (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), andweard tīd [feminine] (Old English), czas teraźniejszy [masculine] (Polish), presente [masculine] (Portuguese), prezent [neuter] (Romanian), timpul prezent [definite, neuter] (Romanian), настоя́щее вре́мя (nastojáščeje vrémja) [neuter] (Russian), tràth làthaireach [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), пре́зент [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), садашње време [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), садашње вријеме [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), prézent [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), sadašnje vreme [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), sadašnje vrijeme [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), амдығы тем (amdığı tem) (Shor), prítomný čas [masculine] (Slovak), prézent [masculine] (Slovak), sedanjik [masculine] (Slovene), sedanji čas [masculine] (Slovene), тургуза ӧй (turguza öy) (Southern Altai), presente [masculine] (Spanish), presens [neuter] (Swedish), nutid [common-gender] (Swedish), pangkasalukuyan (Tagalog), nagaganap (Tagalog), ҳозира (hozira) (Tajik), вақти ҳозира (vaqt-i hozira) (Tajik), замони ҳозира (zamon-i 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), حال (hāl) [masculine] (Urdu), زَمانَۂ حال (zamāna-yi hāl) [masculine] (Urdu), 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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          "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.",
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        "(grammar) A grammatical tense whose principal function is to locate a situation or event in the present time."
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        {
          "word": "present"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "af",
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "word": "teenwoordige tyd"
        },
        {
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "kohë e tashme"
        },
        {
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "tags": [
            "definite",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "koha e tashme"
        },
        {
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "tashme"
        },
        {
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "muḍāriʕ",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "مُضَارِع"
        },
        {
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "fiʕl muḍāriʕ",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "فِعْل مُضَارِع"
        },
        {
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "al-fiʕl al-muḍāriʕ",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "tags": [
            "definite",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "الْفِعْل الْمُضَارِع"
        },
        {
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "nerka",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "word": "ներկա"
        },
        {
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "nerka žamanak",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "word": "ներկա ժամանակ"
        },
        {
          "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": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "bortoman",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "word": "বর্তমান"
        },
        {
          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "bortoman kal",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "word": "বর্তমান কাল"
        },
        {
          "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",
          "roman": "xiànzài shítài",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "word": "現在時態 /现在时态"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "xiànzàishí",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "word": "現在時 /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",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "præsens"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "nutid"
        },
        {
          "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",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "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",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "वर्तमान"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "vartamān kāl",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "वर्तमान काल"
        },
        {
          "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": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "word": "kala kini"
        },
        {
          "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"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "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",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "tempus praesēns"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "praesēns"
        },
        {
          "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": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "prezent",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "презент"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "word": "kala kini"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "word": "wātū"
        },
        {
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "odoo cag",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "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": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "andweard tīd"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa-ira",
          "lang": "Iranian Persian",
          "roman": "hâl",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "word": "حال"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa-ira",
          "lang": "Iranian Persian",
          "roman": "zamân-e hâl",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "word": "زَمانِ 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",
          "tags": [
            "definite",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "timpul prezent"
        },
        {
          "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": "пре́зент"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "садашње време"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "садашње вријеме"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "prézent"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "sadašnje vreme"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "sadašnje vrijeme"
        },
        {
          "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": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "prézent"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sedanjik"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sedanji čas"
        },
        {
          "code": "alt",
          "lang": "Southern Altai",
          "roman": "turguza öy",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "word": "тургуза ӧй"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "presente"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "presens"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "nutid"
        },
        {
          "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": "vaqt-i hozira",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "word": "вақти ҳозира"
        },
        {
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "zamon-i 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": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "hāl",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "حال"
        },
        {
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "zamāna-yi hāl",
          "sense": "form of language",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "زَمانَۂ حال"
        },
        {
          "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"
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          "code": "vi",
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          "code": "sah",
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      "word": "dramatic present tense"
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    {
      "word": "historical present tense"
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      "word": "historic present tense"
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    {
      "word": "narrative present tense"
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      "word": "present historic tense"
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          "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.",
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      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "word": "teenwoordige tyd"
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      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "kohë e tashme"
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      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "feminine"
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      "word": "koha e tashme"
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      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "tashme"
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
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      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مُضَارِع"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "fiʕl muḍāriʕ",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "فِعْل مُضَارِع"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "al-fiʕl al-muḍāriʕ",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "الْفِعْل الْمُضَارِع"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "nerka",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "word": "ներկա"
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    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "nerka žamanak",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "word": "ներկա ժամանակ"
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    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "word": "indiki zaman"
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    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "xəźerge zaman",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "word": "хәҙерге заман"
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    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "cjapjérašni čas",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "цяпе́рашні час"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "bortoman",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "word": "বর্তমান"
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    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "bortoman kal",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "word": "বর্তমান কাল"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "segášno vréme",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
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      "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"
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      "word": "теперїшнїй час"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiànzài shítài",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "word": "現在時態 /现在时态"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiànzàishí",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "word": "現在時 /现在时"
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    {
      "code": "cv",
      "lang": "Chuvash",
      "roman": "halʹhi văh̬ăt",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "word": "хальхи вӑхӑт"
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    {
      "code": "crh",
      "lang": "Crimean Tatar",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "word": "şimdiki zaman"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "přítomný čas"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "præsens"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "nutid"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "tegenwoordige tijd"
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    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "word": "olevik"
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      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
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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",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "présent"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Gegenwart"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Präsens"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "enestótas",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ενεστώτας"
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    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "l'shón hové",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "לשון הוה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "vartamān",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "वर्तमान"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "vartamān kāl",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "वर्तमान काल"
    },
    {
      "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": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "word": "kala kini"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "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"
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    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "tempus praesēns"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "praesēns"
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    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "tagadnes laiks"
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    {
      "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"
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      "word": "Präsens"
    },
    {
      "code": "nds-de",
      "lang": "Low German",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
        "German-Low-German"
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      "word": "Nutiet"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "segašno vreme",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "сегашно време"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "prezent",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "презент"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "word": "kala kini"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "word": "wātū"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "odoo cag",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "одоо цаг"
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    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "word": "tʼáhdii"
    },
    {
      "code": "nog",
      "lang": "Nogai",
      "roman": "äligi zaman",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "word": "аьлиги заман"
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    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "présent"
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    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "presens"
    },
    {
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      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "nåtid"
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    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "form of language",
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      "word": "presens"
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      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "notid"
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    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "andweard tīd"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa-ira",
      "lang": "Iranian Persian",
      "roman": "hâl",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "word": "حال"
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    {
      "code": "fa-ira",
      "lang": "Iranian Persian",
      "roman": "zamân-e hâl",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "word": "زَمانِ حال"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "czas teraźniejszy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "presente"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "prezent"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
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        "neuter"
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      "word": "timpul prezent"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nastojáščeje vrémja",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "настоя́щее вре́мя"
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    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tràth làthaireach"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "пре́зент"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
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        "neuter"
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      "word": "садашње време"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "садашње вријеме"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prézent"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "sadašnje vreme"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "sadašnje vrijeme"
    },
    {
      "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": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prézent"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sedanjik"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sedanji čas"
    },
    {
      "code": "alt",
      "lang": "Southern Altai",
      "roman": "turguza öy",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "word": "тургуза ӧй"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "presente"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "presens"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "nutid"
    },
    {
      "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": "vaqt-i hozira",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "word": "вақти ҳозира"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "zamon-i 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": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "hāl",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "حال"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "zamāna-yi hāl",
      "sense": "form of language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "زَمانَۂ حال"
    },
    {
      "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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