Dictionary
pres'ent per'fect
1. (in English) the tense form consisting of the present tense of
have with a past participle and noting that the action of the verb was completed prior to the present, as
I have finished.
2. a tense of similar construction found in certain other languages.
3. a form in this tense.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.