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compound tense

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.75 in modern English

Syllables
com-pound tense
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Uncountable

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What does compound tense mean?
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.

How to pronounce compound tense

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