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   tense

   /tɛns/

   adjective

   • 1. (especially of a muscle) stretched tight or rigid: "she tried to relax her tense muscles" Similar tautstretched tighttightrigidstretchedstrainedstiffOpposite slackloose
   • ▪ (of a speech sound, especially a vowel) pronounced with the vocal muscles stretched tight.
   • 2. unable to relax because of nervousness, anxiety, or stimulation: "he was tense with excitement"
   • ▪ causing or characterized by anxiety and nervousness: "they waited in tense silence" Similar anxiousnervouson edgeedgystrainedstressedunder a strainunder pressureagitatedill at easeunrelaxedin a state of nervesin a state of agitationfretfuluneasyrestlessworked upkeyed upoverwroughthighly strungwrought upstrung outjumpyon tenterhookson pins and needleswith one's stomach in knotsfidgetyworriedapprehensiveupsetdisturbedpanickynervyinformal:with butterflies in one's stomacha bundle of nervesjitterytwitchyin a stateuptightwiredhet upstressed outwhite-knuckledstrung upstressywindyspookysquirrellytoeydated:overstrungnerve-rackingstressfulanxiousworryingconcerningfraughtchargedstrainednail-bitingworrisomedifficultuneasyuncomfortableexcitingcliffhangingknife-edgedramaticvolatileexplosiveinformal:hairyanxious-makingwhite-knuckleOpposite calmcoolrelaxedrelaxing

   verb

   • 1. become tense, typically through anxiety or nervousness: "her body tensed up"
   • ▪ make (a muscle or one's body) tight or rigid: "carefully stretch and then tense your muscles"

   Word Origin late 17th century: from Latin tensus ‘stretched’, from the verb tendere.

   Derivatives

   • 1. tensely adverb
   • 2. tenseness noun

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   What does tense mean?

   • Tense is a grammatical concept that indicates the time of action or event. Tense provides temporal information and enables us to express actions that have happened in the past, are happening in the present, or will happen in the future.

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   What is a tense example?

   • Tenses refer to different forms of a verb or verb phrase. We use different tenses to talk or write about different times. For example, we usually use present tense verb forms to talk about states, events or actions that happen or are happening in the present time.

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   What is a tense grammatical?

   • Definition, Examples of English Tenses Grammatical tense definition: English tenses are the form the verb takes to show the time of an action. What are Tenses in English?

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   What is the tense of a verb?

   • The state, or tense, of the verb explains the time of the action. There are three major tenses in English. These include past, present, and future. Each of these tenses can explain an event that occurred in the past, an event that occurs in the present, or an event that will occur in the future. Example of Past, Present, and Future Tenses:

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   noun. a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb. a set of such categories or constructions in a particular language. the time, as past, present, or future, expressed by such a category.

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