Definition of Tense

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Definition of Tense

Tense

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.

Stretched tightly; strained to stiffness; rigid; not lax; as, a tense fiber.

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Tense Quotations

Existence really is an imperfect tense that never becomes a present.
Friedrich Nietzsche

Loved. You can't use it in the past tense. Death does not stop that love at all.
Ken Kesey

Pornography is human imagination in tense theatrical action; its violations are a protest against the violations of our freedom by nature.
Camille Paglia

Who's not sat tense before his own heart's curtain.
James Russell Lowell

To talk to someone who does not listen is enough to tense the devil.
Pearl Bailey

Winners live in the present tense. People who come up short are consumed with future or past. I want to be living in the now.
Alex Rodriguez

I get irritated, nervous, very tense or stressed, but never bored.
Catherine Deneuve

I get very nervous whenever I think about it. I've never done a serious play, and I have such awe of the woman - she's really my only idol. It's going to be a big stretch - certain people come out on stage and your face muscles automatically tense and you get ready to smile.
Judy Holliday

It takes between three and six hours to make each snowball, depending on snow quality. Wet snow is quick to work with but also quick to thaw, which can lead to a tense journey to the cold store.
Andy Goldsworthy

I love getting ready to do a scene, and thinking about it, and talking about it. But the rest of the time, I'm so nervous and obsessed. I'm just tearing my hair out in the trailer. The whole time I'm really tense.
Casey Affleck

Tense Translations

tense in French is tendu
tense in German is gespannt, gespannt, spannen
tense in Italian is in tensione
tense in Latin is intentus
tense in Spanish is tenso

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