Tense

noun

/tɛns/

Word Frequency: 8.5

Definitions

1.noun(grammar) Any of the forms of a verb which distinguish when an action or state of being occurs or exists.

2.noun(grammar) An inflected form of a verb that indicates tense.

"English only has a present tense and a past tense; it has no future tense."

3.nounThe 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."

4.verb(grammar) To apply a tense to.

"tensing a verb"

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