TENSE

Meaning of TENSE in English

Function: verb

Inflected Form: tensed ; tens · ing

Date: 1676

transitive verb : to make tense

intransitive verb : to become tense < tensed up and missed the putt>

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

TENSE — I. ˈten(t)s noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English tens, tense time, tense, from Middle French tens, from Latin tempor-, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TENSE — tense 1 — tensely , adv. — tenseness , n. /tens/ , adj., tenser, tensest , v. , tensed, tensing …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TENSE — I. ˈten(t)s noun Etymology: Middle English tens time, tense, from Anglo-French, from Latin tempus Date: 14th century 1. : a …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TENSE — adj stretched tightly; strained to stiffness; rigid; not lax; as, a tense fiber. 2. tense ·noun one of the forms …
Webster English vocab
TENSE — [tense] n [ME tens time, tense, fr. MF, fr. L tempus] (14c) 1: a distinction of form in a verb …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TENSE — in grammar, a verbal category relating the time of a narrated event to the time of the speech event. In …
Britannica English vocabulary
TENSE — / tens; NAmE / adjective , noun , verb ■ adjective 1. ( of a person ) nervous or worried, …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TENSE — I. tense 1 AC /tens/ BrE AmE adjective [ Word Family: noun : ↑ tenseness , ↑ tension ; verb …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TENSE — n. Gram. 1 a form taken by a verb to indicate the time (also the continuance or completeness) of the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TENSE — adj. & v. --adj. 1 stretched tight, strained (tense cord; tense muscle; tense nerves; tense emotion). 2 causing tenseness (a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TENSE — n. Gram. 1 a form taken by a verb to indicate the time (also the continuance or completeness) of the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TENSE — adj. & v. adj. 1 stretched tight, strained (tense cord; tense muscle; tense nerves; tense emotion). 2 causing tenseness (a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TENSE — 1. adj. & v. --adj. 1. stretched tight, strained (tense cord; tense muscle; tense nerves; tense emotion). 2 causing tenseness …
Oxford English vocab
TENSE — ( tenser, tensest, tenses, tensing, tensed) 1. A tense situation or period of time is one that makes people anxious, …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TENSE — (~r, ~st, ~s, tensing, ~d) 1. A ~ situation or period of time is one that makes people anxious, because …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
TENSE — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a strained/tense atmosphere (= not relaxed ) ▪ As soon as I went in, …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TENSE
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
TENSE — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ future , past , present ▪ verb VERB + TENSE ▪ use ▪ form ▪ The …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
TENSE
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
TENSE — Of programs, very clever and efficient. A tense piece of code often got that way because it was highly bum …
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
TENSE — adj. 1 taut, strained, stiff, under tension, rigid One could see how tense the muscles were under the skin 2 …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
TENSE — Of programs, very clever and efficient. A tense piece of code often got that way because it was highly bum …
Jargon File English vocabulary
TENSE — I сущ.; грам. время the future tense ≈ будущее время the future perfect tense ≈ будущее совершенное время the past …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TENSE — tense.ogg _I tens n грам. время present past, future tense - настоящее прошедшее, будущее время _II 1. tens a 1. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
TENSE — tense I сущ.; грам.лингв. грамматическое время the future tense — будущее время the future perfect tense — будущее совершенное время …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
TENSE — _I tens n грам. время present past, future tense - настоящее прошедшее, будущее время _II 1. tens a 1. 1> …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
TENSE — I сущ. ; лингв. лингв. грамматическое время the future tense — будущее время the future perfect tense — будущее совершенное …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
TENSE — I сущ.; лингв. лингв. грамматическое время the future tense — будущее время the future perfect tense — будущее совершенное время the past tense — …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
TENSE — _I _n. _грам. время _II 1. _a. 1> натянутый; тугой 2> возбужденный, напряженный; tense anxiety - нервное напряжение 2. _v. …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
TENSE — I n. грам. время II 1. a. 1. натянутый; тугой 2. возбужденный, напряженный; tense anxiety - нервное напряжение 2. v. …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
TENSE — I сущ.; грам. время the future tense ≈ будущее время the future perfect tense ≈ будущее совершенное время the past …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
TENSE — adj tense (1. stretched tight; 2. feeling or evincing nervous tension)
Interlingua English vocab
TENSE — a. rigid, tendet; n. témpore
English interlingue dictionary
TENSE — hugut
English-Visayan vocabulary
TENSE — I. noun Etymology: Middle English tens time, ~, from Anglo-French, from Latin tempus Date: 14th century a distinction of form …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TENSE — In grammar , an inflected form of a verb indicating the time of a narrated event in relation to the …
Английский словарь Британика
TENSE — (a.) Stretched tightly; strained to stiffness; rigid; not lax; as, a tense fiber.
Английский словарь Webster
TENSE — (n.) One of the forms which a verb takes by inflection or by adding auxiliary words, so as to indicate …
Английский словарь Webster
TENSE — ( n. ) One of the forms which a verb takes by inflection or by adding auxiliary words, so as …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TENSE — ( a. ) Stretched tightly; strained to stiffness; rigid; not lax; as, a tense fiber.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TENSE — adj. strained, taut, rigid, nervous, stressful
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
TENSE — v. pull taught, stretch tight; make anxious or nervous; become anxious or nervous; become tight, contract
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
TENSE — n. inflection, verbal "time" (Grammar)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
TENSE — n. Function: adjective Inflected Form: tens · er ; tens · est Etymology: Latin tensus, from past participle of tendere …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
TENSE — n. Pronunciation: ' ten(t)s Function: noun Etymology: Middle English tens time, tense, from Anglo-French, from Latin tempus Date: 14th century …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
TENSE — ~ 1 ■ adjective 1》 (especially of a muscle) stretched tight or rigid. 2》 (of a person) unable to relax. …
Concise Oxford English vocab
TENSE — tense BrE AmE ten t s ▷ tensed ten t st ▷ tensely ˈten t s li ▷ tenseness ˈten …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TENSE — [verb]If you or your muscles tense (up), your muscles stiffen and become stretched tight because you are frightened or are …
Cambridge English vocab
TENSE — n. In grammar , an inflected form of a verb indicating the time of a narrated event in relation to …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
TENSE — n. Function: adjective 1 Synonyms: TIGHT 3, close, taut Related Words: strained, stretched Antonyms: relaxed 2 feeling or showing nervous …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
TENSE — a. Tight, stretched, strained, rigid, taught.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
TENSE — adjective 1. Synonyms: tight 3, close, taut Related Word: strained, stretched Antonyms: relaxed 2. feeling or showing nervous tension the …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
TENSE — I. noun
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
TENSE — See ↑ NERVOUS 1,5, ↑ WORRIED/WORRYING 5
Longman Activator English vocab
TENSE — 1. v возбуждать (vt) 2. adj напряженный
Dirty English-Russian vocab
TENSE — I adj. ~ with (~ with anxiety) II n. (grammar) the future; future perfect; past; past perfect; present; progressive ~
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
TENSE — steen teens
Anagrams English vocabulary
TENSE — Время
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
TENSE — 1) накаленный 2) напряженный 3) натянутый
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
TENSE — (a) напряженный
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
TENSE — I [tens] n грам. время present [past, future] ~ - настоящее [прошедшее, будущее] время II 1. [tens] a 1. 1) …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
TENSE — adj. натянутый, тугой, напряженный, возбужденный
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
TENSE — v. натягивать, создавать напряжение, натуживать
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
TENSE — n. время (в грамматике)
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary

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