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tense 1 Adjective 1. having, showing, or causing mental or emotional strain: the tense atmosphere 2. stretched tight: tense muscles Verb [tensing, tensed] Also: (tense up) to make or become tense [Latin tensus taut] tensely adv tenseness n tense 2 Noun Grammar the form of a verb that indicates whether the action referred to in the sentence is located in the past, the present, or the future: `ate' is the past tense of `to eat' [Old French tens time]
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tense adjective 1. strained, uneasy, stressful, fraught, charged, difficult, worrying, exciting, uncomfortable, knife-edge, nail-biting, nerve-racking adjective 2. nervous, wound up (informal) edgy, strained, wired (slang) anxious, under pressure, restless, apprehensive, jittery (informal) uptight (informal) on edge, jumpy, twitchy (informal) overwrought, strung up (informal) on tenterhooks, fidgety, keyed up, antsy (informal) wrought up, adrenalized << OPPOSITE calm Translationstense [tɛns] adj [person, muscle] → angespannt; [smile] → verkrampft; [period, situation] → gespannt n (Ling) → Zeit f, Tempus nt vt [+ muscles] → anspannen tense1 n tense [tens] a form of a verb that shows the time of its action in relation to the time of speaking a verb in the past/future/present tense. tyd صيغَة تَدُل على زَمان حُدوث الفِعْل глаголно време čas tid; -tid die Zeitform (γραμματική) χρόνος tiempo ajavorm زمان aikamuoto temps מָתוּחַ क्रिया का काल glagolsko vrijeme igeidő kala tíð tempo 時制 시제 laikas (gramatikā) laiks kala tijd tid, tempus czas tempo timp время čas (slovesný) glagolski čas vreme tempus, tidsform กาล (เป็นรูปของกริยาแสดงเวลา) fiil zamanı, kip (動詞的)時態 час فعل کا زمانہ thời của động từ (动词的)时态 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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For an instant the King stood as tense and white as though the hand of death had reached out and touched his heart with its icy fingers. The tense thread of human resolution snapped; wills and nerves broke down, and a hundred women suspended their irons or dropped them. The subjunctive mood, past perfect tense of the verb `to know. |
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