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▸ noun:  (grammar, countable) Any of the forms of a verb which distinguish when an action or state of being occurs or exists.
▸ noun:  (linguistics, grammar, countable) An inflected form of a verb that indicates tense.
▸ noun:  (linguistics, uncountable) The property of indicating the point in time at which an action or state of being occurs or exists.
▸ verb:  (grammar, transitive) To apply a tense to.
▸ adjective:  Showing signs of stress or strain; not relaxed.
▸ adjective:  Pulled taut, without any slack.
▸ adjective:  (linguistics) (of a vowel) Produced with relative constriction of the vocal tract.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To make tense.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To become tense.

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