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Look up tense in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Tense may refer to: Tense, a state of muscle contraction Grammatical tense, a property of verbs indicating...

future tense (abbreviated FUT) is a verb form that generally marks the event described by the verb as not having happened yet, but expected to happen...

In grammar, tense is a category that expresses time reference. Tenses are usually manifested by the use of specific forms of verbs, particularly in their...

contrasted by the vowel sound being tense in the first word but not the second; i.e., /iː/ (as in beet) is the tense counterpart to the lax /ɪ/ (as in bit); the...

The past tense is a grammatical tense whose function is to place an action or situation in the past. Examples of verbs in the past tense include the English...

The present tense (abbreviated PRES or PRS) is a grammatical tense whose principal function is to locate a situation or event in the present time. The...

mathematics, a tensor is an algebraic object that describes a multilinear relationship between sets of algebraic objects related to a vector space. Tensors may map...

hesternal tense (abbreviated HEST) is a past tense for the previous day. (Hesterno die is Latin for 'yesterday'.) Hesternal tense refers to an event which...

Stress tensor may refer to: Cauchy stress tensor, in classical physics Stress deviator tensor, in classical physics Piola–Kirchhoff stress tensor, in continuum...

The present tense is a grammatical tense. Present Tense may also refer to: Present Tense, defunct Jewish affairs magazine Present Tense (band), a Las...

The sequence of tenses (known in Latin as consecutio temporum, and also known as agreement of tenses, succession of tenses and tense harmony) is a set...

(/ˈprɛtərɪt/ PRET-ər-it; abbreviated PRET or PRT) is a grammatical tense or verb form serving to denote events that took place or were completed in the past;...

nonpast tense contrasts with the past tense, which distinguishes an action as taking place prior to the moment of utterance. The nonpast tense is observed...

hodiernal tense (abbreviated HOD) is a grammatical tense for the current day. (Hodie or hodierno die is Latin for 'today'.) Hodiernal tenses refer to events...

tense is a literary technique commonly used in religious texts, which describes future events that are so certain to happen that they are referred to...

Tense–aspect–mood (commonly abbreviated tam) or tense–modality–aspect (abbreviated as tma) is a group of grammatical categories that are important to...

crastinal tense (abbreviated CRAS) is a future tense applied to a following or subsequent day. (Crāstinō diē is the Latin for 'tomorrow'.) Crastinal tense refers...

English, tense confusion is a purported grammatical or stylistic error which occurs when a writer shifts from the present tense to the past tense (or vice...

The DS E-Tense is a coupé concept unveiled by DS Automobiles on 26 February 2016 and shown to the public at the Geneva Motor Show of the same year. It...

perfectum tenses), consisting of the perfect, future perfect, and pluperfect. To these six main tenses can be added various periphrastic or compound tenses, such...