meaning of tense
1. One of the forms which a verb takes by inflection or by adding auxiliary words, so as to indicate the time of the action or event signified; the modification which verbs undergo for the indication of time.
2. Stretched tightly; strained to stiffness; rigid; not lax; as, a tense fiber.
3. a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time
Related Words
tense | tense system | tense up | tensed | tensely | tenseness |
