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Historical present

Noun

Definitions

1.NounThe present tense as used when referring to real past events, to add immediacy to what is being said or written.
2.NounThe present tense as used when writing a fictional narrative.

Synonyms

historic presentpresent tensepresentabsolute tensepast tensesimple presentprimary tensepresent perfectpreteritepresent conditionalfuture tensepreterite tense
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