tense
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/tens/
🇬🇧
/tens/
adjective
R
feeling nervous or worried
She felt tense before the big test.
R
full of strong feelings like worry or anger
The tense meeting ended with no agreement.
R
tight and not relaxed
His tense shoulders needed a massage.
R
pulled tight
The tense rope held the weight securely.
R
made with tight speech muscles
The tense sound was hard to pronounce.
noun
R
verb form showing time
Past tense shows action that already happened.
verb
R
to make tight or stiff
He tensed his muscles when he heard the loud noise.
translation
feeling nervous or worried; full of strong feelings like worry or anger; tight and not relaxed; pulled tight; made with tight speech muscles
verb form showing time
to make tight or stiff
Word Forms
Comparative
tenser
Superlative
tensest
3rd Present
tenses
Progressive
tensing
Past
tensed
Perfect
tensed
Plural
tenses