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PRESENT PERFECT TENSE
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A perfective tense used to express action completed in the present
Example:
'I have finished' is an example of the present perfect
Synonyms:
present perfect; present perfect tense
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("present perfect tense" is a kind of...):
perfect; perfect tense; perfective; perfective tense (a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect))