(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.
Origin
1570-80
Examples from the web for present perfect
Even the present perfect and past perfect seem to be instinctively avoided.
In either case, they present perfect opportunities for coaching and relationship-building.
Employers are permitted to present perfect attendance awards.
British Dictionary definitions for present perfect
present perfect
adjective, noun
1.
(grammar) another term for perfect (sense 8), perfect (sense 11)