nonpast
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Definitions ofnonpast
- (grammar, of the tense) Of a tense, not pertaining to the past; in particular, applicable to both the present and the future.
Example: "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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