Usually means: Using present tense for history.
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  1. historic present: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. historic present: Collins English Dictionary
  3. historic present: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  4. historic present: Wiktionary
  5. historic present: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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Definitions from Wiktionary (historic present)

▸ noun:  (grammar) The historical present tense.

Similar:
historical present, present, present tense, preterite, primary tense, present perfect, history, past tense, preterite tense, simple present, more...

Opposite:
past tense, retrospective, historical past

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Similar:
historical present, present, present tense, preterite, primary tense, present perfect, history, past tense, preterite tense, simple present, more...

Opposite:
past tense, retrospective, historical past



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