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English

Pronunciation

• enPR: t?ns, IPA^(key): /t?ns/
• Rhymes: -?ns

Etymology 1

From Middle English tens, from Old French tens (modern French temps), from Latin tempus. Doublet of tempo.

Noun

tense (plural tenses)

2. (grammar, countable) Any of the forms of a verb which distinguish when an action or state of being occurs or exists.

   The basic tenses in English are present, past, and future.

3. (linguistics, grammar, countable) An inflected form of a verb that indicates tense.

   English only has a present tense and a past tense; it has no future tense.
4. (linguistics, uncountable) 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.

Usage notes

• Some English-language authorities only consider inflected forms of verbs (i.e. the present and past tenses) as tenses, and not periphrastic forms such as the simple future with will.

Derived terms

• tensal

Related terms

• See: Category:en:Tenses

Translations

Verb

tense (third-person singular simple present tenses, present participle tensing, simple past and past participle tensed)

1. (grammar, transitive) To apply a tense to.

   tensing a verb

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin t?nsus, one form of the past participle of tend? (“stretch”).

Adjective

tense (comparative tenser, superlative tensest)

1. Showing signs of stress or strain; not relaxed.

   Synonyms: stressed, unrelaxed

2. Pulled taut, without any slack.

Derived terms

• hypertense

Related terms

• tend
• tension
• tent
• intense

Translations

Verb

tense (third-person singular simple present tenses, present participle tensing, simple past and past participle tensed)

1. To make or become tense.

Translations

Anagrams

• ESnet, Enets, NEETs, Tenes, enset, neets, seent, senet, sente, steen, teens

Latin

Participle

t?nse

1. vocative masculine singular of t?nsus

Spanish

Verb

tense

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of tensar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of tensar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of tensar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of tensar.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?ns?z/

Noun

tenses

1. plural of tense

Verb

tenses

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tense

Anagrams

• ensets, essent, steens

Catalan

Adjective

tenses

1. feminine plural of tens

Middle English

Noun

tenses

1. plural of tens

Spanish

Verb

tenses

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) negative imperative form of tensar.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) present subjunctive form of tensar.