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Noun: simple present
  1. The tense that is used to refer to events, actions, and conditions that are happening all the time, or exist now
    "In the sentence 'The sun rises in the east,' 'rises' is in the simple present tense";
    - present simple

Type of: present, present tense

Encyclopedia: Simple present