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TENSE

Definition:

1. [noun] a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time
   
   
2. [verb] stretch or force to the limit; "strain the rope"
   Synonyms: strain
   
   
3. [verb] increase the tension on; "tense a rope"
   
   
4. [verb] become tense or tenser; "He tensed up when he saw his opponent enter the room"
   Synonyms: up
   
   
5. [verb] make tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious;
   Synonyms: strain, up
   
   
6. [adjective] in or of a state of physical or nervous tension
   
   
7. [adjective] pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat')
   
   
8. [adjective] taut or rigid; stretched tight; "tense piano strings"
   
   

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Related Words:

• crick
• stretch, extend
• present, present tense
• aorist
• past, past tense
• future, future tense
• progressive, progressive tense, imperfect, imperfect tense, continuous tense
• perfective, perfective tense, perfect, perfect tense

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