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tense
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tense
[adj] - in or of a state of physical or nervous tension 2. [adj] - (phonetics) pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat`) 3. [adj] - taut or rigid 4. [n] - a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time 5. [v] - incr... Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=tense
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Tense
the form taken by a verb to indicate time (as in past-present-future)
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Tense
Tense refers to the way the time of an action can be directly indicated in a verb by changing its form (i.e. morphologically). English only has two verb tenses - present tense 'I leave.' and past tense, 'I left.'. However, we have many other ways of creating the idea of tense by using auxiliary verb... Found op http://www.englishbiz.co.uk/grammar/main_files/definitionsn-z.htm
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a property of verbs relating primarily to the time at which the action or event denoted by the verb takes place. For example, past tense verbs, as in Sam left, describe events in the past.
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A tense is a verb form that most often indicates time. English verbs have two basic tenses, present and past, and each of these can be simple or continuous. For example: present past I play (simple) I played (simple) I am playing (continuous) I was playing (continuous)Additionally, all these forms ... Found op http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/primary/publications/literacy/63285/nls_fw
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Tense noun [ Old French tens , properly, time, French temps time, tense. See Temporal of time, and confer Thing .] (Gram.) One of the forms which a verb takes by inflection or by adding auxiliary words, so as to indica... Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/T/26
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Tense adjective [ Latin tensus , past participle of tendere to stretch. See Tend to move, and confer Toise .] Stretched tightly; strained to stiffness; rigid; not lax; as, a tense fiber. « The temples were sunk,... Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/T/26
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Tight, rigid, or strained; characterised by anxiety and psychological strain. ... Origin: L. Tensus, pp. Of tendo, to stretch ... (05 Mar 2000) ... Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?tense
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noun a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=tense
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verb become stretched or tense or taught; `the bodybuilder`s neck muscles tensed;` `the rope strained when the weight was attached` Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=tense
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• (n.) 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. • (a.) Stretched tightly; strained to stiffness; rigid; not lax; as, a tense ... Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/tense/
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in grammar, a verbal category relating the time of a narrated event to the time of the speech event. In many languages the concept of time is ... [2 related articles] Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/t/25
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tense 1. Stretched tight; strained; taut. 2. Undergoing or showing mental stress or displaying nervous strain; anxious; apprehensive; jittery. Found op http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/2808/10
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Of programs, very clever and efficient. A tense piece of code often got that way because it was highly bummed, but sometimes it was just based on a great idea. A comment in a clever routine by Mike Kazar, once a grad-student hacker at CMU: 'This routine is so tense it will bring tears to your eyes... Found op http://foldoc.org/tense
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tense [O.Fr., from Lat.,=time], in the grammar of many languages, a category of time distinctions expressed by any conjugated form of a verb. In Latin inflection the tense of a verb is indicated by a suffix that also indicates the verb's voice, mood, person, and number. Tense specifies whether the v... Found op http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0848180.html
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Type: Term Pronunciation: tens Definitions: 1. Tight, rigid, or strained; characterized by anxiety and psychological strain. Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=90230
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tense
In grammar, the form a verb takes to indicate action in the present, past, or future (`I work; I worked; I will work`). These tenses can each be divided up into simple, continuous, and perfectforms, and a fourth form of future tenses known as future in the past Found op http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0038759.html
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[artwork] Tense is the title of an art installation made by Turner Prize nominee Anya Gallaccio in 1990. The work consists of printed rolls of wallpaper featuring an orange motif, "the paper was pasted on the walls, and on the floor Gallaccio made an oblong `carpet` comprising one ton of Val... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tense_(artwork)
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tense
1) Agitated 2) All keyed up 3) All wound up 4) Anxious 5) Aroused 6) Brace, in a way 7) Can be past or present 8) Can be past present or future 9) Cliff-hanging 10) Constricted 11) Distraught 12) Drama-filled 13) Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/tense/1
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