present imperfect
rare
noun
A tense expressing an uncompleted action taking place at the present time.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Charles Peter Mason (1820–1900).
- first position
- first post
- first principles
- first prize
- first-rate
- first-rateness
- first-rater
- first reading
- first refusal
- First Republic
- first responder
- first resurrection
- first-round
- first run
- first school
- first secretary
- first sergeant
- firstship
- first shot
- first sight
- first-spear
- First State
- first stomach
- first strike
- first string