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Meaning tense meaning
What does tense mean?
Definitions in simple English
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Synonyms tense synonyms
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Topics tense topics
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Conjugation tense conjugation
How do you conjugate tense?
tense · verb
Present I tense
Positive I tense
Singular
1st person I tense
2nd person you tense
3rd person he/she/it tenses
Plural
1st person we tense
2nd person you tense
3rd person they tense
Negative I don't tense
Singular
1st person I don't tense I do not tense
2nd person you don't tense you do not tense
3rd person he/she/it doesn't tense he/she/it does not tense
Plural
1st person we don't tense we do not tense
2nd person you don't tense you do not tense
3rd person they don't tense they do not tense
Question do I tense?
Singular
1st person do I tense?
2nd person do you tense?
3rd person does he/she/it tense?
Plural
1st person do we tense?
2nd person do you tense?
3rd person do they tense?
Negative question don't I tense?
Singular
1st person don't I tense? do I not tense?
2nd person don't you tense? do you not tense?
3rd person doesn't he/she/it tense? does he/she/it not tense?
Plural
1st person don't we tense? do we not tense?
2nd person don't you tense? do you not tense?
3rd person don't they tense? do they not tense?
Past I tensed
Positive I tensed
Singular
1st person I tensed
2nd person you tensed
3rd person he/she/it tensed
Plural
1st person we tensed
2nd person you tensed
3rd person they tensed
Negative I didn't tense
Singular
1st person I didn't tense I did not tense
2nd person you didn't tense you did not tense
3rd person he/she/it didn't tense he/she/it did not tense
Plural
1st person we didn't tense we did not tense
2nd person you didn't tense you did not tense
3rd person they didn't tense they did not tense
Question did I tense?
Singular
1st person did I tense?
2nd person did you tense?
3rd person did he/she/it tense?
Plural
1st person did we tense?
2nd person did you tense?
3rd person did they tense?
Negative question didn't I tense?
Singular
1st person didn't I tense? did I not tense?
2nd person didn't you tense? did you not tense?
3rd person didn't he/she/it tense? did he/she/it not tense?
Plural
1st person didn't we tense? did we not tense?
2nd person didn't you tense? did you not tense?
3rd person didn't they tense? did they not tense?
Future I'll tense
Positive I'll tense
Singular
1st person I'll tense I will tense
2nd person you'll tense you will tense
3rd person he/she/it'll tense he/she/it will tense
Plural
1st person we'll tense we will tense
2nd person you'll tense you will tense
3rd person they'll tense they will tense
Negative I won't tense
Singular
1st person I won't tense I will not tense
2nd person you won't tense you will not tense
3rd person he/she/it won't tense he/she/it will not tense
Plural
1st person we won't tense we will not tense
2nd person you won't tense you will not tense
3rd person they won't tense they will not tense
Question will I tense?
Singular
1st person will I tense?
2nd person will you tense?
3rd person will he/she/it tense?
Plural
1st person will we tense?
2nd person will you tense?
3rd person will they tense?
Negative question won't I tense?
Singular
1st person won't I tense? will I not tense?
2nd person won't you tense? will you not tense?
3rd person won't he/she/it tense? will he/she/it not tense?
Plural
1st person won't we tense? will we not tense?
2nd person won't you tense? will you not tense?
3rd person won't they tense? will they not tense?
Conditional I'd tense
Positive I'd tense
Singular
1st person I'd tense I would tense
2nd person you'd tense you would tense
3rd person he/she/it'd tense he/she/it would tense
Plural
1st person we'd tense we would tense
2nd person you'd tense you would tense
3rd person they'd tense they would tense
Negative I wouldn't tense
Singular
1st person I wouldn't tense I would not tense
2nd person you wouldn't tense you would not tense
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't tense he/she/it would not tense
Plural
1st person we wouldn't tense we would not tense
2nd person you wouldn't tense you would not tense
3rd person they wouldn't tense they would not tense
Question would I tense?
Singular
1st person would I tense?
2nd person would you tense?
3rd person would he/she/it tense?
Plural
1st person would we tense?
2nd person would you tense?
3rd person would they tense?
Negative question wouldn't I tense?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I tense? would I not tense?
2nd person wouldn't you tense? would you not tense?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it tense? would he/she/it not tense?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we tense? would we not tense?
2nd person wouldn't you tense? would you not tense?
3rd person wouldn't they tense? would they not tense?
Present continuous I'm tensing
Positive I'm tensing
Singular
1st person I'm tensing I am tensing
2nd person you're tensing you are tensing
3rd person he/she/it's tensing he/she/it is tensing
Plural
1st person we're tensing we are tensing
2nd person you're tensing you are tensing
3rd person they're tensing they are tensing
Negative I'm not tensing
Singular
1st person I'm not tensing I am not tensing
2nd person you aren't tensing you're not tensing you are not tensing
3rd person he/she/it isn't tensing he/she/it's not tensing he/she/it is not tensing
Plural
1st person we aren't tensing we're not tensing we are not tensing
2nd person you aren't tensing you're not tensing you are not tensing
3rd person they aren't tensing they're not tensing they are not tensing
Question am I tensing?
Singular
1st person am I tensing?
2nd person are you tensing?
3rd person is he/she/it tensing?
Plural
1st person are we tensing?
2nd person are you tensing?
3rd person are they tensing?
Negative question aren't I tensing?
Singular
1st person aren't I tensing? am I not tensing?
2nd person aren't you tensing? are you not tensing?
3rd person isn't he/she/it tensing? is he/she/it not tensing?
Plural
1st person aren't we tensing? are we not tensing?
2nd person aren't you tensing? are you not tensing?
3rd person aren't they tensing? are they not tensing?
Past continuous I was tensing
Positive I was tensing
Singular
1st person I was tensing
2nd person you were tensing
3rd person he/she/it was tensing
Plural
1st person we were tensing
2nd person you were tensing
3rd person they were tensing
Negative I wasn't tensing
Singular
1st person I wasn't tensing I was not tensing
2nd person you weren't tensing you were not tensing
3rd person he/she/it wasn't tensing he/she/it was not tensing
Plural
1st person we weren't tensing we were not tensing
2nd person you weren't tensing you were not tensing
3rd person they weren't tensing they were not tensing
Question was I tensing?
Singular
1st person was I tensing?
2nd person were you tensing?
3rd person was he/she/it tensing?
Plural
1st person were we tensing?
2nd person were you tensing?
3rd person were they tensing?
Negative question wasn't I tensing?
Singular
1st person wasn't I tensing? was I not tensing?
2nd person weren't you tensing? were you not tensing?
3rd person wasn't he/she/it tensing? was he/she/it not tensing?
Plural
1st person weren't we tensing? were we not tensing?
2nd person weren't you tensing? were you not tensing?
3rd person weren't they tensing? were they not tensing?
Future continuous I'll be tensing
Positive I'll be tensing
Singular
1st person I'll be tensing I will be tensing
2nd person you'll be tensing you will be tensing
3rd person he/she/it'll be tensing he/she/it will be tensing
Plural
1st person we'll be tensing we will be tensing
2nd person you'll be tensing you will be tensing
3rd person they'll be tensing they will be tensing
Negative I won't be tensing
Singular
1st person I won't be tensing I will not be tensing
2nd person you won't be tensing you will not be tensing
3rd person he/she/it won't be tensing he/she/it will not be tensing
Plural
1st person we won't be tensing we will not be tensing
2nd person you won't be tensing you will not be tensing
3rd person they won't be tensing they will not be tensing
Question will I be tensing?
Singular
1st person will I be tensing?
2nd person will you be tensing?
3rd person will he/she/it be tensing?
Plural
1st person will we be tensing?
2nd person will you be tensing?
3rd person will they be tensing?
Negative question won't I be tensing?
Singular
1st person won't I be tensing? will I not be tensing?
2nd person won't you be tensing? will you not be tensing?
3rd person won't he/she/it be tensing? will he/she/it not be tensing?
Plural
1st person won't we be tensing? will we not be tensing?
2nd person won't you be tensing? will you not be tensing?
3rd person won't they be tensing? will they not be tensing?
Conditional continuous I'd be tensing
Positive I'd be tensing
Singular
1st person I'd be tensing I would be tensing
2nd person you'd be tensing you would be tensing
3rd person he/she/it'd be tensing he/she/it would be tensing
Plural
1st person we'd be tensing we would be tensing
2nd person you'd be tensing you would be tensing
3rd person they'd be tensing they would be tensing
Negative I wouldn't be tensing
Singular
1st person I wouldn't be tensing I would not be tensing
2nd person you wouldn't be tensing you would not be tensing
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't be tensing he/she/it would not be tensing
Plural
1st person we wouldn't be tensing we would not be tensing
2nd person you wouldn't be tensing you would not be tensing
3rd person they wouldn't be tensing they would not be tensing
Question would I be tensing?
Singular
1st person would I be tensing?
2nd person would you be tensing?
3rd person would he/she/it be tensing?
Plural
1st person would we be tensing?
2nd person would you be tensing?
3rd person would they be tensing?
Negative question wouldn't I be tensing?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I be tensing? would I not be tensing?
2nd person wouldn't you be tensing? would you not be tensing?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it be tensing? would he/she/it not be tensing?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we be tensing? would we not be tensing?
2nd person wouldn't you be tensing? would you not be tensing?
3rd person wouldn't they be tensing? would they not be tensing?
Present perfect I've tensed
Positive I've tensed
Singular
1st person I've tensed I have tensed
2nd person you've tensed you have tensed
3rd person he/she/it's tensed he/she/it has tensed
Plural
1st person we've tensed we have tensed
2nd person you've tensed you have tensed
3rd person they've tensed they have tensed
Negative I haven't tensed
Singular
1st person I haven't tensed I have not tensed
2nd person you haven't tensed you have not tensed
3rd person he/she/it hasn't tensed he/she/it has not tensed
Plural
1st person we haven't tensed we have not tensed
2nd person you haven't tensed you have not tensed
3rd person they haven't tensed they have not tensed
Question have I tensed?
Singular
1st person have I tensed?
2nd person have you tensed?
3rd person has he/she/it tensed?
Plural
1st person have we tensed?
2nd person have you tensed?
3rd person have they tensed?
Negative question haven't I tensed?
Singular
1st person haven't I tensed? have I not tensed?
2nd person haven't you tensed? have you not tensed?
3rd person hasn't he/she/it tensed? has he/she/it not tensed?
Plural
1st person haven't we tensed? have we not tensed?
2nd person haven't you tensed? have you not tensed?
3rd person haven't they tensed? have they not tensed?
Past perfect I had tensed
Positive I had tensed
Singular
1st person I had tensed
2nd person you had tensed
3rd person he/she/it had tensed
Plural
1st person we had tensed
2nd person you had tensed
3rd person they had tensed
Negative I hadn't tensed
Singular
1st person I hadn't tensed I had not tensed
2nd person you hadn't tensed you had not tensed
3rd person he/she/it hadn't tensed he/she/it had not tensed
Plural
1st person we hadn't tensed we had not tensed
2nd person you hadn't tensed you had not tensed
3rd person they hadn't tensed they had not tensed
Question had I tensed?
Singular
1st person had I tensed?
2nd person had you tensed?
3rd person had he/she/it tensed?
Plural
1st person had we tensed?
2nd person had you tensed?
3rd person had they tensed?
Negative question hadn't I tensed?
Singular
1st person hadn't I tensed? had I not tensed?
2nd person hadn't you tensed? had you not tensed?
3rd person hadn't he/she/it tensed? had he/she/it not tensed?
Plural
1st person hadn't we tensed? had we not tensed?
2nd person hadn't you tensed? had you not tensed?
3rd person hadn't they tensed? had they not tensed?
Future perfect I'll have tensed
Positive I'll have tensed
Singular
1st person I'll have tensed I will have tensed
2nd person you'll have tensed you will have tensed
3rd person he/she/it'll have tensed he/she/it will have tensed
Plural
1st person we'll have tensed we will have tensed
2nd person you'll have tensed you will have tensed
3rd person they'll have tensed they will have tensed
Negative I won't have tensed
Singular
1st person I won't have tensed I will not have tensed
2nd person you won't have tensed you will not have tensed
3rd person he/she/it won't have tensed he/she/it will not have tensed
Plural
1st person we won't have tensed we will not have tensed
2nd person you won't have tensed you will not have tensed
3rd person they won't have tensed they will not have tensed
Question +'ll I have tensed?
Singular
1st person +'ll I have tensed? will I have tensed?
2nd person +'ll you have tensed? will you have tensed?
3rd person +'ll he/she/it have tensed? will he/she/it have tensed?
Plural
1st person +'ll we have tensed? will we have tensed?
2nd person +'ll you have tensed? will you have tensed?
3rd person +'ll they have tensed? will they have tensed?
Negative question won't I have tensed?
Singular
1st person won't I have tensed? will I not have tensed?
2nd person won't you have tensed? will you not have tensed?
3rd person won't he/she/it have tensed? will he/she/it not have tensed?
Plural
1st person won't we have tensed? will we not have tensed?
2nd person won't you have tensed? will you not have tensed?
3rd person won't they have tensed? will they not have tensed?
Conditional perfect I'd have tensed
Positive I'd have tensed
Singular
1st person I'd have tensed I would have tensed
2nd person you'd have tensed you would have tensed
3rd person he/she/it'd have tensed he/she/it would have tensed
Plural
1st person we'd have tensed we would have tensed
2nd person you'd have tensed you would have tensed
3rd person they'd have tensed they would have tensed
Negative I wouldn't have tensed
Singular
1st person I wouldn't have tensed I would not have tensed
2nd person you wouldn't have tensed you would not have tensed
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't have tensed he/she/it would not have tensed
Plural
1st person we wouldn't have tensed we would not have tensed
2nd person you wouldn't have tensed you would not have tensed
3rd person they wouldn't have tensed they would not have tensed
Question would I have tensed?
Singular
1st person would I have tensed?
2nd person would you have tensed?
3rd person would he/she/it have tensed?
Plural
1st person would we have tensed?
2nd person would you have tensed?
3rd person would they have tensed?
Negative question wouldn't I have tensed?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I have tensed? would I not have tensed?
2nd person wouldn't you have tensed? would you not have tensed?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it have tensed? would he/she/it not have tensed?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we have tensed? would we not have tensed?
2nd person wouldn't you have tensed? would you not have tensed?
3rd person wouldn't they have tensed? would they not have tensed?
Imperative tense!
Positive
you tense!
we let's tense!
Negative
you don't tense!
we let's not tense!
Examples tense examples
How do I use tense in a sentence?
Simple sentences
A tense is the way we speak about time.
You can speak about the future in the English language, and this is usually called the future tense. But many linguists (people who study languages) will tell you that the English language does not actually have a future tense.
What Jane said made the atmosphere less tense.
It's very interesting that in Chinese the concept of tense does not exist.
Tom's meeting with his boss was very tense.
I am always tense before I get on an airplane.
Which endings does this verb have in the present tense?
The government's financial situation is tense.
Tom often uses humor to defuse tense situations.
Tom looks tense.
Tom seems tense.
This sentence is in the present tense.
My back is tense.
There was a tense silence, when the curtain fell.
There was a tense atmosphere in the room.
There's no need to be that tense.
I always feel tense.
The situation seemed very tense and dangerous.
The atmosphere in Washington became very tense.
In the most thrilling moment, everyone looked very tense.
You're so tense.
You're too tense.
Movie subtitles
It's still tense because of the incident.
Now, try not to tense your muscles.
You fainted because you're in a tense and volatile situation.
You just get tense inside. Understand?
On the first one, tense your muscles from head to toe pull your bellies in hard, yell as loud as you can.
Tense irritability, nervousness.
Because flying is like adrenaline to tense pilots.
Besides, he's tense, nervous as a cat, works all the time.
The crowd is tense.
Speaking of the changed Mr. Carpenter in the present tense. he's now running around with a model from your own office.
Don't look so tense.
I'd be so tense, I wouldn't have fun either!
You can't be this tense all the time if you want to be a cop.
Doc is sort of tense.
The situation is tense. There is fear of further unrest.
I was using the subjunctive instead of the past tense.
The crowd is tense. It is indeed a solemn occasion.
Now that only a few hours separate us from our great destination, a tense agitation fills the air.
When I'm tense or.
Darling, don't tense your hands.
We've all been a little tense lately.
But we were so tense and melodramatic this day.
You've got to tense the gluteal muscles, dear.
If you don't tense the gluteal muscles why, your whole alignment is off.
Oh, tense the gluteal muscles, did you say?
Tense.
Gotta tense.
It is this crosspiece that acts as both the bones supporting the body of the biwa as well as its heart. if this crosspiece was merely straight and stiff and everything was tight and tense you wouldn't get much sound from it.
No need to get so tense.
I was tense.
Your relations with the victim were even pretty tense.
You speak about me as- as if you were reading my obituary- as we might speak of Madame de Pompadour - in the past tense.
But you have been thinking Of me in the past tense.
This is the most tense moment.
You look all tense.
I'm very tense and upset.
Am I tense?
Oh, Monta-san, you look so tense.
You've never been so tense about a planetoid before.
It was kind of tense back there.
Yes, you seem.. I don't know. You seem tense.
News and current affairs
In the absence of a community-based approach, interactions with law-enforcement authorities are now limited to tense, conflict-ridden situations, reinforcing the confrontational atmosphere between rebellious youth and the police.
PARIS - Earlier this week, following days of tense discussions, the new government in Athens reached an agreement with its eurozone creditors that includes a package of immediate reforms and a four-month extension of the financial assistance program.
They were more often in moods that they described as hostile, angry, anxious, and tense.
Despite the gathering's pageant-like appearance, the atmosphere was undoubtedly tense.
The situation remains tense and fluid.
Both the West and the Arab rulers need to realize that the tense equation between the incumbent regimes and political Islam is not necessarily a zero-sum game.
For example, the two parties are now engaged in tense negotiations to amend the Presidential and Vice-Presidential Election and Recall Law to avert any repeat of the current confused circumstances surrounding the current recount.
Hostility on the football pitch merely reflects the existing tense relations between the two countries, which carry the weight of a painful history.
As a result, relations among regional actors remain tense.
In this tense climate, the northern candidate, Alassane Ouattara, a Muslim and former senior official at the International Monetary Fund, was denied the right to run in the 2005 presidential election.
Russia's heavy-handed pressure on Georgia and its support of secessionist movements in South Ossetia and Abkhazia, two unrecognized republics within Georgia, inflames passions and risks destabilizing the already tense Northern Caucasus.
These issues remain as relevant today, with Varoufakis out of government, as they were when he was tirelessly advocating for them during visits to European capitals and in tense late-night negotiations in Brussels.
NEW DELHI - Ernest Hemingway's collection of stories, Men without Women, examines tense gender relationships.
In an effort to end a tense standoff, the US brokered a deal in which both countries agreed to withdraw their maritime vessels from the area.
Of course, Kenya had lived through tense electoral periods before, and few people who know Africa were blind to the many difficulties the country continued to face.
It will be prolonged and occasionally very tense, but eventually result in appreciation of the renminbi.
In this tense setting, it comes as no surprise that the question of whether anti-Semitism has returned to France, after a seven-decade hiatus, is making international headlines.
The Kremlin's handling of the affair is indicative of the tense state of US-Russia relations.
Muslim-Christian relations are tense all over the world, but nowhere are they more inflamed than in Nigeria, the most populous country where Christians and Muslims exist in roughly equal numbers.
Almost inevitably, or so it seems, the idea of Pakistan has been usurped, which is why Pakistan's friends have so often become its masters, and why Pakistan continues to remain fragile, insecure, and tense.
As the structural causes that have pushed these countries into near permanent states of crisis seem unlikely to be resolved anytime soon, there problems may well become linked to Latin America's tense relations with the US.
Ever since I left Romania for exile in 1986, my returns have been rare and tense.
Indeed, it is our belief that the recent death sentences could mark the onset of an avalanche of highly doubtful Court rulings in Tibet, which could lead to a worrying number of executions in that tense and troubled region.
Whether or not their relationship is in fact neighborly, rather than tense and confrontational, is of critical importance to both.
All of this worsens an already tense situation.
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