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Tenses
/tɛnsɪz/
(grammar) Any of the forms of a verb which distinguish when an action or state of being occurs or exists.
📖 Definitions of "Tenses"
noun
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(grammar) Any of the forms of a verb which distinguish when an action or state of being occurs or exists.
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(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."
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The 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."
verb
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(grammar) To apply a tense to.
"tensing a verb"
verb
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To make or become tense.
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