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compound tense

noun

Definitions

  1. A tense or tense-like verb form that is constructed analytically, i.e. with an auxiliary…

    A tense or tense-like verb form that is constructed analytically, i.e. with an auxiliary verb added (like the perfect tense in English or French), not synthetically (through simple inflection of a base form). Contrasted with a simple tense (like the English simple past or French passé simple.

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Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for compound tense. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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