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Nonpast

(grammar, of the tense) Of a tense, not pertaining to the past; in particular, applicable to both the present and the future.

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adjective
  1. 1

    (grammar, of the tense) Of a tense, not pertaining to the past; in particular, applicable to both the present and the future.

    "In the phrases ‘I am running tomorrow’ and ‘I am running now,’ the main verb is in the non-past tense."

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