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- adjectivetense (adjective) · tenser (comparative adjective) · tensest (superlative adjective)
- (especially of a muscle or someone's body) stretched tight or rigid:"she tried to relax her tense muscles"
- (of a person) unable to relax because of nervousness, anxiety, or stimulation:"he was tense with excitement"
- (of a situation, event, etc.) causing or showing anxiety and nervousness:"relations between the two neighboring states had been tense in recent years"
- phonetics(of a speech sound, especially a vowel) pronounced with the vocal muscles stretched tight. The opposite of lax
verbtense (verb) · tenses (third person present) · tensed (past tense) · tensed (past participle) · tensing (present participle)- become tense, typically through anxiety or nervousness:"her body tensed up"
- make (a muscle or one's body) tight or rigid:"carefully stretch and then tense your muscles"
Originlate 17th century: from Latin tensus ‘stretched’, from the verb tendere.noungrammartense (noun) · tenses (plural noun)- a set of forms taken by a verb to indicate the time (and sometimes also the continuance or completeness) of the action in relation to the time of the utterance:"the past tense"
OriginMiddle English (in the general sense ‘time’): from Old French tens, from Latin tempus ‘time’.Similar and Opposite Wordsadjective- (especially of a muscle or someone's body) stretched tight or rigid:
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- Tense is a grammatical category that expresses time reference123. It is manifested by the use of specific forms of verbs, such as past, present, and future3. For example:
- "I sing" is in the present tense.
- "I sang" is in the past tense4.
Learn more:✕This summary was generated using AI based on multiple online sources. To view the original source information, use the "Learn more" links.: a form of a verb used to show the past, present, or future time of the action or state it denoteswww.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tensethe form of a verb that shows the time at which an action happened. For example 'I sing ' is in the present tense and 'I will sing ' is in the future tense. (Definition of tense from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/learner-engli…In grammar, tense is a category that expresses time reference. Tenses are usually manifested by the use of specific forms of verbs, particularly in their conjugation patterns. The main tenses found in many languages include the past, present, and future.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammatical_tensetense noun [ C ] us / tens / uk / tens / Add to word list Add to word list B1 any of the forms of a verb which show the time at which an action happened: "I sing " is in the present tense and "I sang " is in the past tense.dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/tense Tense Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
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