Definition of Tenses. Meaning of Tenses. Synonyms of Tenses

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Tenses. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Tenses and, of course, Tenses synonyms and on the right images related to the word Tenses.

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...
- to a vector space. Objects that tensors may map between include vectors and scalars, and even other tensors. Tensors can take several different forms...
- Past tense Present tense Tense–aspect–mood, a set of grammatical categories frequently referred to as "tense" in traditional grammar Tenseness, a phonological...
- Latin as having six main tenses, three non-perfect tenses (the present, ****ure, and imperfect) and three corresponding perfect tenses (the perfect, ****ure...
- 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 of grammatical...
- In phonology, tenseness or tensing is, most broadly, the pronunciation of a sound with greater muscular effort or constriction than is typical. More specifically...
- In mathematics, the tensor product V ⊗ W of two vector spaces V and W (over the same field) is a vector space, endowed with a bilinear map ( v , w ) ↦...
- The tensor veli palatini muscle (tensor palati or tensor muscle of the velum palatinum) is a broad, thin, ribbon-like muscle in the head that tenses the...
- 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...
- regions. Like other Bantu languages it has a wide range of tenses. In terms of time, Chichewa tenses can be divided into present, recent past, remote past...
Loading...