English Explanatory Dictionary

historical present

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

historical present

Synonyms

present historic historic present dramatic present narrative present

Related words

literary present

Translations

Bulgarian: сегашно време в миналото Dutch: praesens historicum French: présent historique German: historisches Präsens Greek: ιστορικός ενεστώτας Hungarian: történelmi jelen Icelandic: söguleg nútíð Icelandic: frásagnarnútíð Irish: láithreach stairiúil Latin: praesēns histŏrĭcum Norwegian: historisk presens Romanian: prezent istoric
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