TENSE
\tˈɛns], \tˈɛns], \t_ˈɛ_n_s]\
Definitions of TENSE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time
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taut or rigid; stretched tight; "tense piano strings"
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in or of a state of physical or nervous tension
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become tense or tenser; "He tensed up when he saw his opponent enter the room"
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increase the tension on; "tense a rope"
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make tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious;
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pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat')
By Princeton University
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a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time
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taut or rigid; stretched tight; "tense piano strings"
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(phonetics) pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat')
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in or of a state of physical or nervous tension
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become tense or tenser; "He tensed up when he saw his opponent enter the room"
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increase the tension on; "tense a rope"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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One of the forms which a verb takes by inflection or by adding auxiliary words, so as to indicate the time of the action or event signified; the modification which verbs undergo for the indication of time.
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Stretched tightly; strained to stiffness; rigid; not lax; as, a tense fiber.
By Oddity Software
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One of the forms which a verb takes by inflection or by adding auxiliary words, so as to indicate the time of the action or event signified; the modification which verbs undergo for the indication of time.
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Stretched tightly; strained to stiffness; rigid; not lax; as, a tense fiber.
By Noah Webster.
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Drawn tightly; not lax; severely strained; rigid; tense nerves.
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A change in the form of a verb, showing the time of the action expressed; a verb form which indicates a certain distinction of time by changing its form or by the help of auxiliaries.
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Tenser.
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Tensest.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William R. Warner
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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