1. not relating to or occurring in the past

1. a verb tense that expresses present or future time
Usage: linguistics

Examples

• The nonpast forms of the verb include present and future tenses.
• In some languages, nonpast tenses can express both present and future actions.
• The linguist studied nonpast verb forms across different language families.
• Nonpast events are those that have not yet occurred or are happening now.
• The grammar book explained the difference between past and nonpast constructions.
• Students learned to identify nonpast tense markers in the text.