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simple present
[ sim-puhl prez-uhnt ]
noun
- a verb formation used to express an action or state occurring in the present, as in walk, is, has, travel.
adjective
- designating a verb formation used to express an action or state occurring in the present.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of simple present1
First recorded in 1745–55
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