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tense ¹  (tns)

adj. tens·er, tens·est

1. Tightly stretched; taut. See Synonyms at stiff, tight.

2. In a state of mental or nervous tension.

3. Characterized by nervous tension or suspense.

4. Linguistics Enunciated with taut muscles, as the sound () in keen.

tr. & intr.v. tensed, tens·ing, tens·es

To make or become tense.

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[Latin tnsus, past participle of tendere, to stretch; see ten- in Indo-European roots.]

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tensely adv.

tenseness n.

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tense ²  (tns)

n.

1. Any one of the inflected forms in the conjugation of a verb that indicates the time, such as past, present, or future, as well as the continuance or completion of the action or state.

2. A set of tense forms indicating a particular time: the future tense.

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[Middle English tens, from Old French, time, from Latin tempus.]

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tensed - having inflections to indicate tense finite - of verbs; relating to forms of the verb that are limited in time by a tense and (usually) show agreement with number and person