primary tense

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Noun

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primary tense (plural primary tenses)

  1. (grammar) In Latin, the present or future tense.
  2. (grammar) In Greek, the present, future or perfect tense.
  3. (grammar) In English, inflectional tense: the synthetic distinction distinction between present and preterite.
    Coordinate term: secondary tense

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