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Alternative spellings
nonpast

Etymology
non- + past

Adjective
en-adj|pos=non-past|-

1. grammar 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.

tr:non-past

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