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Noun
primary tense (plural primary tenses)
- (grammar) In Latin, the present or future tense.
- (grammar) In Greek, the present, future or perfect tense.
- (grammar) In English, inflectional tense: the synthetic distinction distinction between present and preterite.
- Coordinate term: secondary tense
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