tense
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Is tense a Scrabble word?
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What is the meaning of tense?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (linguistics, uncountable) The property of indicating the point in time at which an action or state of being occurs or exists.Examples: "Dyirbal verbs are not inflected for tense."uncountable
2. (linguistics, grammar, countable) An inflected form of a verb that indicates tense.Examples: "English only has a past tense and a non-past tense; it has no future tense."; "In ſo moche that if any verbe be of the thyꝛde coniugation I ſet out all his rotes and tenſes[…]"countable
3. (grammar, countable, proscribed) A grammatical aspect.countableproscribed
4. (grammar, countable, proscribed) A verb form or construction indicating a combination of tense, aspect, and mood.Examples: "The "simple present" tense in English can have several meanings."; "The Spanish teacher told the student to use the imperfect tense instead of the preterite tense."countableproscribed
verb (English)
1. (grammar, transitive) To apply a tense to.Examples: "tensing a verb"transitive
adj (English)
1. (phonetics, of a vowel) Produced with relative constriction of the vocal tract.
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To make tense.transitive
2. (intransitive) To become tense.Examples: "The driver and the man shouted angrily at each other and I tensed, ready for violence. But soon everyone in the tap-tap joined in, capping remarks, joking, telling chicken and goat stories."intransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary