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present perfect

Present perfect is a tense of a word that indicates that an action has ended but not at a definite time.

(noun)

An example of the use of the present perfect tense is in the sentence, "He has brought his paper."

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See present perfect in Webster's New World College Dictionary

  1. a tense indicating an action as completed or a state as having ended at the time of speaking but not at any definite time in the past
  2. a verb form in this tense (Ex.: has gone)

See present perfect in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  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.

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