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present perfect

grammatical combination of the present tense and the perfect aspect
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present perfect

Summary

present perfect is a tense[1]. It draws 1,504 Wikipedia views per month (tense category, ranking #6 of 20).[2]

Key Facts

  • present perfect's instance of is recorded as tense[3].
  • present perfect's instance of is recorded as grammeme[4].
  • present perfect is a type of perfect tense[5].
  • present perfect is a type of present tense[6].
  • present perfect's different from is recorded as past perfect[7].
  • present perfect's different from is recorded as past perfect[8].
  • present perfect's P14892 is recorded as PresentPerfectTense[9].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include tense[3] and grammeme[4]. Recorded subclass of include perfect tense[5] and present tense[6].

Why It Matters

present perfect draws 1,504 Wikipedia views per month (tense category, ranking #6 of 20).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → perfect tense, present tense
    Different from → past perfect, past perfect
    P14892 → PresentPerfectTense
    Instance of → —
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1709]]: http://purl.org/linguistics/gold/PresentPerfectTense"
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