1. a perfective tense used to express action completed in the present; - Example: "`I have finished' is an example of the present perfect" [syn: present perfect, present perfect tense]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
present perfect tense
n 1: a perfective tense used to express action completed in the
present; "`I have finished' is an example of the present
perfect" [syn: present perfect, present perfect tense]