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"Tense" Definition

noun

A set of tense forms indicating a particular time: the future tense.
Any one of the inflected forms in the conjugation of a verb that indicates the time, such as past, present, or future, as well as the continuance or completion of the action or state.
A distinction of form in a verb to express distinctions of time or duration of the action or state it denotes.
A set of inflectional forms of a verb that express distinctions of time.
An inflectional form of a verb expressing a specific time distinction.

adjective

Characterized by nervous tension or suspense.
In a state of mental or nervous tension.
Linguistics Enunciated with taut muscles, as the sound (ē) in keen.
Tightly stretched; taut. See Synonyms at stiff, tight.
Stretched tight made taut .

verb-transitive

To make or become tense.

verb

To make tense.
To become tense .
Become tense, typically through anxiety or nervousness.

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