A set of tense forms indicating a particular time: the future tense.
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Any one of the inflected forms in the conjugation of a verb that indicates the time, such as past, present, or future, as well as the continuance or completion of the action or state.
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A distinction of form in a verb to express distinctions of time or duration of the action or state it denotes.
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A set of inflectional forms of a verb that express distinctions of time.
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An inflectional form of a verb expressing a specific time distinction.
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adjective
Characterized by nervous tension or suspense.
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In a state of mental or nervous tension.
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Linguistics Enunciated with taut muscles, as the sound (ē) in keen.
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Tightly stretched; taut. See Synonyms at stiff, tight.
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Stretched tight made taut .
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verb-transitive
To make or become tense.
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verb
To make tense.
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To become tense .
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Become tense, typically through anxiety or nervousness.
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