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noun

  • A grammatical category of verbs that expresses the time an action, event, or state of being occurs, such as in the past, present, or future.

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President Biden said Wednesday that he has cancer, though the White House quickly said it was only a mistaken verb tense.

From Washington Times • Jul. 20, 2022

Look at the verb tense consistency revisions Houston Byrd made to his essay in Focusing on the Angle of Your Subject.

From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021

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Possible Synonyms

  • temporal form
  • action's timeline
  • chronological form
  • time of action
  • time reference

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other words

  • non-temporal form
  • timeless state
  • action's quality

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