tense – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
tense
adj.
strained, taut, rigid, nervous, stressful
v.
pull taught, stretch tight; make anxious or nervous; become anxious or nervous; become tight, contract
n.
inflection, verbal "time" (Grammar)
Tense
Tense may refer to:
- Grammatical tense, a grammatical category expressing the time when a state or action denoted by a verb occurs
- Tense–aspect–mood, a set of grammatical categories frequently referred to as "tense" in traditional grammar
- Tenseness, a phonological quality frequently associated with vowels and occasionally with consonants
- Tense, a state of muscle contraction
- Tense (album), a 2014 studio album by South Korean pop duo TVXQ
tense
Noun
1. a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time
(hypernym) grammatical category, syntactic category
(hyponym) present, present tense
Verb
1. stretch or force to the limit; "strain the rope"
(synonym) strain
(hypernym) tighten
(derivation) tension
2. increase the tension on; "tense a rope"
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
(derivation) tension
3. become tense or tenser; "He tensed up when he saw his opponent enter the room"
(synonym) tense up
(antonym) relax, loosen up, unbend, unwind, decompress, slow down
(hypernym) change state, turn
(derivation) tension, tensity, tenseness, tautness
4. make tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious;
(synonym) strain, tense up
(antonym) relax, unstrain, unlax, loosen up, unwind, make relaxed
(hypernym) affect
(hyponym) crick
(cause) tense up
(derivation) tension, tensity, tenseness, tautness
Adjective
1. in or of a state of physical or nervous tension
(antonym) relaxed, at ease
(similar) aroused, wound up
(see-also) agitated
2. pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat')
(antonym) lax
(similar) constricted
(classification) phonetics
3. taut or rigid; stretched tight; "tense piano strings"
(antonym) lax
(similar) overstrung
(see-also) tight
tensar
v.
tense, tauten; brace; pull
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