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present perfect

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pres·ent per·fect (prznt pûrfkt)
n.
1. The verb tense expressing action completed at the present time, formed in English by combining the present tense of have with a past participle, as in He has spoken.
2. A verb in the present perfect tense.
present perfect
adj & n
(Linguistics / Grammar) Grammar another term for perfect [8] [11]
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Noun1.present perfect - a perfective tense used to express action completed in the present; "`I have finished' is an example of the present perfect"
present perfect tense
perfect, perfect tense, perfective, perfective tense - a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect)
Translations
present perfect n (Gram) → passato prossimo
present perfect n (Gram) → passato prossimo


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"That you may have less difficulty in believing this boast, of my present perfect indifference," she continued, "I will farther tell you, that there was a period in the early part of our acquaintance, when I did like him, when I was very much disposed to be attached to himnay, was attachedand how it came to cease, is perhaps the wonder.
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