tense
31tense — English has two separate words tense. The older, ‘verb form indicating time’ [14], came via Old French tens from Latin tempus ‘time’ (source also of English temporal, temporary, etc). The original meaning ‘time’ survived into English, but died… …
32tense — English has two separate words tense. The older, ‘verb form indicating time’ [14], came via Old French tens from Latin tempus ‘time’ (source also of English temporal, temporary, etc). The original meaning ‘time’ survived into English, but died… …
33tense up — verb To become tense …
34tense — 1. noun /tɛns/ Any of the forms of a verb which distinguish when an action or state of being occurs or exists. The basic tenses in English are present, past and future. 2. adjective /tɛns/ a) Showing signs of stress or …
35tense — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. taut, rigid; intent; excited; high strung, nervous, strained. See hardness. n. time, verb form, inflection. See grammar. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Nervous] Syn. agitated, anxious, high strung, on… …
36tense up — see tense 4) …
37tense — tense1 adjective 1》 (especially of a muscle) stretched tight or rigid. 2》 (of a person) unable to relax. ↘causing or showing anxiety and nervousness. 3》 Phonetics (of a speech sound, especially a vowel) pronounced with the vocal muscles… …
38tense up — See: tense III …
39tense|less — «TEHNS lihs», adjective. having no tense: »a tenseless verb …
40tense auxiliary — noun Etymology: tense (I) : an auxiliary verb (as be, have) used to form a compound tense of another verb …
