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non-past

non-past adjective: of a tense, not pertaining to the past; in particular, applicable to both the present and the future.

Adjective

non-past (not comparable)

  1. Of a tense, not pertaining to the past; in particular, applicable to both the present and the future.
    • In the phrases ‘I am running tomorrow’ and ‘I am running now,’ the main verb is in the non-past tense.

non-past meaning in Tamil

non-past in Tamil

இறவாக்காலம், இறவுணர்த்தாக்காலம்

Forms of non-past

alternative formnonpast

Origin of non-past

From non- + past.

Questions about non-past

What does non-past mean?
Non-past means of a tense, not pertaining to the past; in particular, applicable to both the present and the future.
What is non-past in Tamil?
Non-past in Tamil is இறவாக்காலம், இறவுணர்த்தாக்காலம். See Non-past meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is non-past?
Non-past is an adjective.

Words near non-past in the dictionary

  1. non-partisan
  2. non-party
  3. non-passenger
  4. non-passengers
  5. non-passing
  6. non-past
  7. non-paying
  8. non-payment
  9. non-PC
  10. non-peaceful
  11. non-pecuniary

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Adapted from Wiktionary: non-past (page history and authors); non-past (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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