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plural tenses
(grammar, countable) Any of the forms of a verb which distinguish when an action or state of being occurs or exists. examples
(linguistics, grammar, countable) An inflected form of a verb that indicates tense. quotations examples
In ſo moche that if any verbe be of the thyꝛde coniugation I ſet out all his rotes and tenſes […]
1530 July 18, Iohan Palſgrave, “The Introduction”, in Leſclarciſſement de la langue francoyſe […] , London: Richard Pynſon, Iohan Haukyns, page 32; reprinted as Lesclarcissement de la langue françoyse, Genève: Slatkine Reprints, 1972
(linguistics, uncountable) The property of indicating the point in time at which an action or state of being occurs or exists. examples
third-person singular simple present tenses, present participle tensing, simple past and past participle tensed
(grammar, transitive) To apply a tense to. examples
comparative tenser, superlative tensest
Showing signs of stress or strain; not relaxed. examples
Pulled taut, without any slack. examples
(transitive) To make tense. examples
(intransitive) To become tense. examples