future tense
81Hodiernal tense — A hodiernal tense is a grammatical tense for the current day ( hodie is today, in Latin). Hodiernal tenses refer to events of today (in an absolute tense system) or of the day under consideration (in a relative tense system). Hodiernal past tense …
82Crastinal tense — A crastinal tense (abbreviated cras) is a future tense applied to a following or subsequent day. (Crāstinum is Latin for morrow.) Crastinal tense refers to an event which will occur tomorrow (in an absolute tense system) or the following day (in… …
83past future — I. adjective Etymology: past (I) + future, adjective : of, relating to, or constituting a verb tense that is traditionally formed in English with would or should and denotes an action or state as future from a past point of view (as would write… …
84present tense — noun a) Present tense is the form of language used to refer to an event, transaction, or occurrence which is happening now (or at the present time), or an object that currently exists. Compare with past tense, which is the form of language used… …
85past tense — noun a) Past tense is the form of language used to refer to an event, transaction, or occurrence that did happen or has happened, or an object that existed, at a point in time before now. Compare with present tense, which refers to an event,… …
86Pluperfect tense — The pluperfect tense (from Latin plus quam perfectum more than perfect), also called past perfect in English, is a perfective tense that exists in most Indo European languages, used to refer to an event that has completed before another past… …
87Nonfuture tense — A nonfuture tense (abbreviated nfut) is a grammatical tense that distinguishes a verbal action as having taken place in times past or times present, as opposed to future tense. The tense is found in the Rukai, a language of Taiwan …
88Present tense (disambiguation) — The present tense is a grammatical tense.Present tense may also refer to:* Present Tense , the first Sagittarius album * Present Tense (band), a Las Vegas band * Present Tense (song), a song by Pearl Jamee also* Future tense (disambiguation) *… …
89simple future — 1. adjective Describing the tense which describes a future action. In English this uses forms of will, shall or be going to. 2. noun The future tense …
90The Future — ◊ GRAMMAR For the formation of future tenses, see entry at ↑ Tenses. ◊ talking about the future You can talk about future events in a variety of ways. You use will or shall when making predictions about the future. The weather tomorrow will be… …
