Definition of Tenses. Meaning of Tenses. Synonyms of Tenses

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Definition of Tenses

Tense
Tense Tense, a. [L. tensus, p. p. of tendere to stretch. See Tend to move, and cf. Toise.] Stretched tightly; strained to stiffness; rigid; not lax; as, a tense fiber. The temples were sunk, her forehead was tense, and a fatal paleness was upon her. --Goldsmith. -- Tense"ly, adv. -- Tense"ness, n.
Tense
Tense Tense, n. [OF. tens, properly, time, F. temps time, tense. See Temporal of time, and cf. Thing.] (Gram.) 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. Note: The primary simple tenses are three: those which express time past, present, and future; but these admit of modifications, which differ in different languages.

Meaning of Tenses from wikipedia

- patterns. The main tenses found in many languages include the past, present, and ****ure. Some languages have only two distinct tenses, such as past and...
- mathematics, a tensor is an algebraic object that describes a multilinear relationship between sets of algebraic objects related to a vector space. Tensors may map...
- see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. In phonology, tenseness or tensing is, most broadly, the pronunciation of a sound with greater muscular...
- from remote past with separate tenses. There may be more than two distinctions. In some languages, certain past tenses can carry an implication that the...
- Look up tense in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Tense may refer to: Tense, a state of muscle contraction Grammatical tense, a property of verbs indicating...
- hodiernal tense (abbreviated HOD) is a grammatical tense for the current day. (Hodie or hodierno die is Latin for 'today'.) Hodiernal tenses refer to events...
- The sequence of tenses (known in Latin as consecutio temporum, and also known as agreement of tenses, succession of tenses and tense harmony) is a set...
- Stress tensor may refer to: Cauchy stress tensor, in classical physics Stress deviator tensor, in classical physics Piola–Kirchhoff stress tensor, in continuum...
- karnā (to do). Imperatives in Hindi can be conjugated into two tenses, present and ****ure tense. The conjugations are mentioned in the table below for the...
- present tense is used similarly to that of English. What follows is an example of present indicative tense conjugation in Italian. The present tenses of Portuguese...