tense
Meaning of tense
noun
- (grammar) Any of the forms of a verb which distinguish when an action or state of being occurs or exists.
- (grammar) An inflected form of a verb that indicates tense.
English only has a present tense and a past tense; it has no future tense.
- The property of indicating the point in time at which an action or state of being occurs or exists.
Dyirbal verbs are not inflected for tense.
- (grammar) To apply a tense to.
tensing a verb
verb
To make or become tense.
adjective- Showing signs of stress or strain; not relaxed.
You need to relax, all this overtime and stress is making you tense.
- Pulled taut, without any slack.
Information about tense
- The plural form of tense is: tenses.
- Languages in which tense is used:
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CatalanHyphenation of tense
tense
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- tense is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
tense synonyms
Meaning strain:
Meaning :
Translation of tense
- Spanish: tenso, tensa, tiempo, estresar, extender, alargar, tensar, estirar, templar
- French: stressé, tendu, temps
- German: angespannt, Zeit, Tempus, spannen, anspannen
- Italian: teso, stressato, tempo, contrarre, irrigidire, tendere, tendersi, allungarsi, estendersi
Anagrams of tense
enets, Esten, etens, netes, sente, Steen, steen, teens, Tenes, tenes
Words that rhyme with tense
ense, becense, cense, delicense, dislicense, encense, frankincense, incense, innocense, lactescense, license, prelicense, prolicense, recense, reincense, relicense, sublicense, Odense, condense, dense, echodense, equidense, hyperdense, hypodense, nondense, overcondense, precondense, radiodense, recondense, superdense, ugandense, ultradense, defense, nondefense, offense, predefense, preoffense, reoffense, undefense, comprehense, incomprehense, braziliense, gambiense, rhodesiense, congolense, flense, lense, coimmense, immense, mense
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