simple present

simple present

English

Etymology

simple (“accompanied by no modal or auxiliary verb”)

Noun

Examples
"He likes cricket." "John said they like cricket." "In Hamlet, Ophelia drowns in a stream. "The guests arrive tomorrow."

simple present (usually uncountable, plural simple presents)

1. (grammar) The present tense; a verb or sentence in this tense.

Translations

present tense

Chinese: Mandarin: 一般現在時／一般现在时 (yībān xiànzàishí) Dutch: onvoltooid tegenwoordige tijd v O.V.T. Finnish: preesens (fi) French: indicatif présent, présent (fr) German: Gegenwart (de) Italian: indicativo presente Malayalam: സാധാരണവർത്തമാനകാലം (sādhāraṇavaṟttamānakālaṃ) Persian: حال ساده‎ (fa) (hâl-e sâde) Spanish: presente (es)

References

• simple present at OneLook Dictionary Search
• simple present (English) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia