TENSE
/tɛns/ ► audio Scrabble 5 Words With Friends 6
Definition
- noun a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time.
- adjective in or of a state of physical or nervous tension.
- adjective pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat').
- adjective taut or rigid.
- verb become stretched or tense or taut.
— synonyms: strain
- verb increase the tension on.
- verb become tense, nervous, or uneasy.
— synonyms: tense_up
- verb cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious.
— synonyms: strain, tense_up
Examples
- “English only has a present tense and a past tense; it has no future tense.”
- “Dyirbal verbs are not inflected for tense.”
- “tensing a verb”
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