Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - tense
Tense
tense
1. adj. & v. --adj. 1 stretched tight, strained (tense cord; tense muscle; tense nerves; tense emotion). 2 causing tenseness (a tense moment). 3 Phonet. pronounced with the vocal muscles tense. --v.tr. & intr. make or become tense. Phrases and idioms tense up become tense. Derivatives tensely adv. tenseness n. tensity n. Etymology: L tensus past part. of tendere stretch 2. n. Gram. 1 a form taken by a verb to indicate the time (also the continuance or completeness) of the action etc. (present tense; imperfect tense). 2 a set of such forms for the various persons and numbers. Derivatives tenseless adj. Etymology: ME f. OF tens f. L tempus time
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English tens time, ~, from Anglo-French, from Latin tempus Date: 14th century a distinction of form in a verb to express distinctions of time or duration of the action or state it denotes, 2. a set of inflectional forms of a verb that express distinctions of time, an inflectional form of a verb expressing a specific time distinction, II. adjective (~r; ~st) see: thin Date: 1668 stretched tight ; made taut ; rigid , 2. feeling or showing nervous tension , marked by strain or suspense , produced with the muscles involved in a relatively ~ state , ~ly adverb ~ness noun III. verb (~d; tensing) Date: 1676 transitive verb to make ~, intransitive verb to become ~ ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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