| 1. | (in English) the tense form consisting of the present tense of have with a past participle and noting that the action of the verb was completed prior to the present, as I have finished. |
| 2. | a tense of similar construction found in certain other languages. |
| 3. | a form in this tense. |
| pres·ent per·fect (prěz'ənt pûr'fĭkt) n.
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