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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: tense (0.00883 detik)
Found 4 items, similar to tense.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: tense
tegang
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: tense
genting, masa, tegang
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: tense
tense
v 1: stretch or force to the limit;
“strain the rope” [syn:
strain]
2: increase the tension on;
“tense a rope”
3: become tense or tenser;
“He tensed up when he saw his
opponent enter the room” [syn:
tense up] [ant:
relax]
4: make tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious; [syn:
strain,
tense up] [ant:
relax,
relax]
tense
adj 1: in or of a state of physical or nervous tension [ant:
relaxed]
2: pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the
vowel sound in `beat') [ant:
lax]
3: taut or rigid; stretched tight;
“tense piano strings” [ant:
lax]
tense
n : a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions
of time
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Tense
Tense
\Tense\, n. [OF. tens, properly, time, F. temps time,
tense. See
Temporal of time, and cf.
Thing.] (Gram.)
One of the forms which a verb takes by inflection or by
adding auxiliary words, so as to indicate the time of the
action or event signified; the modification which verbs
undergo for the indication of time.
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Note: The primary simple tenses are three: those which
express time past, present, and future; but these admit
of modifications, which differ in different languages.
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Tense
\Tense\, a. [L. tensus, p. p. of tendere to stretch. See
Tend to move, and cf.
Toise.]
Stretched tightly; strained to stiffness; rigid; not lax; as,
a tense fiber.
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The temples were sunk, her forehead was tense, and a
fatal paleness was upon her. --Goldsmith.
[1913 Webster] --
Tense"ly, adv. --
Tense"ness, n.
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