Tensenoun
Any of the forms of a verb which distinguish when an action or state of being occurs or exists.
‘The basic tenses in English are present, past, and future.’;
Terseadjective
(obsolete) Burnished, polished; fine, smooth; neat, spruce.
Tensenoun
An inflected form of a verb that indicates tense.
‘English only has a present tense and a past tense; it has no future tense.’;
Terseadjective
(by extension) Of speech or style: brief, concise, to the point.
Tensenoun
The property of indicating the point in time at which an action or state of being occurs or exists.
‘Dyirbal verbs are not inflected for tense.’;
Terseadjective
(by extension) Of manner or speech: abruptly or brusquely short; curt.
Tenseverb
To apply a tense to.
‘tensing a verb’;
Terseadjective
Appearing as if rubbed or wiped off; rubbed; smooth; polished.
‘Many stones, . . . although terse and smooth, have not this power attractive.’;
Tenseverb
To make or become tense.
Terseadjective
Refined; accomplished; - said of persons.
Tenseadjective
Showing signs of stress or strain; not relaxed.
‘You need to relax, all this overtime and stress is making you tense.’;
Terseadjective
Elegantly concise; free of superfluous words; polished to smoothness; as, terse language; a terse style.
‘Terse, luminous, and dignified eloquence.’; ‘A poet, too, was there, whose verseWas tender, musical, and terse.’; ‘"In eight terse lines has Phædrus told(So frugal were the bards of old)A tale of goats; and closed with grace,Plan, moral, all, in that short space."’;
Tenseadjective
Pulled taut, without any slack.
Terseadjective
brief and to the point; effectively cut short;
‘a crisp retort’; ‘a response so curt as to be almost rude’; ‘the laconic reply; `yes'’; ‘short and terse and easy to understand’;
Tensenoun
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.
Terseadjective
sparing in the use of words; abrupt
‘a terse statement’;
Tenseadjective
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.’;
Tensenoun
a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time
Tenseverb
stretch or force to the limit;
‘strain the rope’;
Tenseverb
increase the tension on;
‘tense a rope’;
Tenseverb
become tense or tenser;
‘He tensed up when he saw his opponent enter the room’;
Tenseverb
make tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious;
Tenseadjective
in or of a state of physical or nervous tension
Tenseadjective
pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat')
Tenseadjective
taut or rigid; stretched tight;
‘tense piano strings’;
