Synonym of continuous tense.

(grammar) Referring to events of today, in an absolute tense, or of the day under consideration, in a relative tense.

plural of hodiernal tense

(grammar) The grammatical expression of time reference relative to now, the exact moment of speaking.

plural of relative tense

plural of absolute tense

(grammar) A grammatical expression of time reference relative to a different point in time, at the moment being considered in the context

(grammar) A tense used in some languages (such as French and Italian) in narrative, and in spoken language primarily when reading narrative or in storytelling, for completed actions in the past or in speaking of the dead. It is semantically the same as the simple past in many languages, including English.

A grammatical tense which expresses the past as an action which was still going on at the point in time described, say someone "was ...ing" something, as opposed to the already accomplished counterpart past perfect tense (where the action took place even further in the past)