noun🔗Share(grammar) Any of the forms of a verb which distinguish when an action or state of being occurs or exists."Learning to use different verb tenses correctly, like past, present, and future, is important for clear communication. "grammarlanguagelinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share(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."grammarlanguagelinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe 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."grammarlanguagelinguisticstimeChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share(grammar) To apply a tense to."tensing a verb"grammarlanguagelinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo make or become tense."When the dog barked loudly, the little boy tenses his shoulders in fear. "physiologymindChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading