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tense
adjective
1. Characterized by nervous tension or suspense.
2. In a state of mental or nervous tension.
3. Linguistics Enunciated with taut muscles, as the sound (ē) in keen.
4. Tightly stretched; taut. See Synonyms at stiff, tight.
5. Stretched tight made taut .
noun
1. A set of tense forms indicating a particular time: the future tense.
2. Any one of the inflected forms in the conjugation of a verb that indicates the time, such as past, present, or future, as well as the continuance or completion of the action or state.
3. A distinction of form in a verb to express distinctions of time or duration of the action or state it denotes.
4. A set of inflectional forms of a verb that express distinctions of time.
5. An inflectional form of a verb expressing a specific time distinction.
verb
1. To make tense.
2. To become tense .
3. Become tense, typically through anxiety or nervousness.
verb-transitive
1. To make or become tense.
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sente | 5 |
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es | 2 |
et | 2 |
ne | 2 |
te | 2 |
en | 2 |
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set | 3 |
tes | 3 |
ten | 3 |
tee | 3 |
sen | 3 |
see | 3 |
net | 3 |
nee | 3 |
est | 3 |
ens | 3 |
4 Letters | Scrabble® Points |
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nets | 4 |
nest | 4 |
seen | 4 |
sene | 4 |
sent | 4 |
esne | 4 |
teen | 4 |
tees | 4 |
tens | 4 |
5 Letters | Scrabble® Points |
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sente | 5 |
teens | 5 |
tense | 5 |