Tense

//tɛns//

Synonyms for "tense" (303 found)

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Closest matches (61)

Strong matches (91)

Adjective(1 words)
fortis

Related words (151)

pastpast perfectperfectperiodperturbedpharyngealpharyngealizedphonemicphoneticphonicpitchpitchedpluperfectpoint tensepokerlikeposttonicpresentpresent perfectpresspreterit
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Verb(3 words)
straintense upwind up

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11 relation types

More general

9 entries

Antonyms

6 entries

Synonyms

1 entries

Related terms

5 entries

derived

25 entries

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distinct from

2 entries

has context

3 entries

is a

1 entries

manner of

3 entries

related to

41 entries

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similar

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Translations

165 translations across 67 languages.

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Afrikaans

4 entries
  • gespanne adj (showing stress or strain)
  • styf adj (showing stress or strain)
  • tempus noun (verb forms distinguishing time)
  • tyd noun (verb forms distinguishing time)

Albanian

1 entries
  • kohë noun (verb forms distinguishing time)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • χρόνος noun (verb forms distinguishing time)

Arabic

4 entries
  • مُتَوَتِّر adj (showing stress or strain)
  • زَمَن noun (verb forms distinguishing time)
  • صِيغَة noun (verb forms distinguishing time)
  • صِيغَةُ الْفِعْل noun (verb forms distinguishing time)

Armenian

1 entries
  • ժամանակ noun (verb forms distinguishing time)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • zaman noun (verb forms distinguishing time)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • час noun (verb forms distinguishing time)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • напрегнат adj (showing stress or strain)
  • обтегнат adj (pulled taut)
  • опънат adj (pulled taut)
  • вре́ме noun (verb forms distinguishing time)

Catalan

3 entries
  • tens adj (showing stress or strain)
  • temps noun (verb forms distinguishing time)
  • tesar verb (make tense)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 緊 /紧 adj (showing stress or strain)
  • 緊張 /紧张 adj (showing stress or strain)
  • 時制 /时制 noun (verb forms distinguishing time)
  • 時態 /时态 noun (verb forms distinguishing time)

Chuvash

1 entries
  • вӑхӑт noun (verb forms distinguishing time)

Czech

4 entries
  • napjatý adj (showing stress or strain)
  • slovesný čas noun (verb forms distinguishing time)
  • čas noun (verb forms distinguishing time)
  • napnout verb (make tense)

Danish

1 entries
  • tempus noun (verb forms distinguishing time)

Dutch

4 entries
  • gespannen adj (showing stress or strain)
  • strak adj (showing stress or strain)
  • tempus noun (verb forms distinguishing time)
  • tijd noun (verb forms distinguishing time)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • streĉa adj (showing stress or strain)
  • streĉita adj (showing stress or strain)

Estonian

4 entries
  • pinev adj (showing stress or strain)
  • pingne adj (showing stress or strain)
  • pinguletõmmatud adj (pulled taut)
  • aeg noun (verb forms distinguishing time)

Faroese

1 entries
  • tíð noun (verb forms distinguishing time)

Finnish

4 entries
  • hermostunut adj (showing stress or strain)
  • jännitetty adj (pulled taut)
  • jännittynyt adj (showing stress or strain)
  • kireä adj (showing stress or strain)

French

4 entries
  • tendu adj (showing stress or strain)
  • temps noun (verb forms distinguishing time)
  • temps verbal noun (verb forms distinguishing time)
  • se tendre verb (become tense)

Georgian

1 entries
  • დრო noun (verb forms distinguishing time)

German

4 entries
  • angespannt adj (showing stress or strain)
  • gespannt adj (showing stress or strain)
  • gespannt adj (pulled taut)
  • straff adj (pulled taut)

Greek

3 entries
  • τεντωμένος adj (pulled taut)
  • τεταμένος adj (showing stress or strain)
  • χρόνος noun (verb forms distinguishing time)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • מָתוּחַ adj (showing stress or strain)
  • זְמַן noun (verb forms distinguishing time)

Hindi

1 entries
  • काल noun (verb forms distinguishing time)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • feszült adj (showing stress or strain)
  • igeidő noun (verb forms distinguishing time)

Icelandic

3 entries
  • upptrekktur adj (showing stress or strain)
  • órólegur adj (showing stress or strain)
  • tíð noun (verb forms distinguishing time)

Irish

1 entries
  • aimsir noun (verb forms distinguishing time)

Isoko

1 entries
  • ụkị noun (verb forms distinguishing time)

Italian

1 entries
  • tempo noun (verb forms distinguishing time)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 緊張した adj (showing stress or strain)
  • 時制 noun (verb forms distinguishing time)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • шақ noun (verb forms distinguishing time)

Korean

1 entries
  • 시제 noun (verb forms distinguishing time)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • чак noun (verb forms distinguishing time)

Latin

1 entries
  • tempus noun (verb forms distinguishing time)

Latvian

1 entries
  • laiks noun (verb forms distinguishing time)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • laikas noun (verb forms distinguishing time)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • напнат adj (showing stress or strain)
  • време noun (verb forms distinguishing time)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • കാലം noun (verb forms distinguishing time)

Middle English

1 entries
  • tens noun (verb forms distinguishing time)

Māori

4 entries
  • āmaimai adj (showing stress or strain)
  • wā noun (verb forms distinguishing time)
  • wāheke noun (verb forms distinguishing time)
  • wāmua noun (verb forms distinguishing time)

Norman

1 entries
  • temps du vèrbe noun (verb forms distinguishing time)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • tempus noun (verb forms distinguishing time)

Persian

1 entries
  • زمان noun (verb forms distinguishing time)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • stiew adj (showing stress or strain)

Polish

4 entries
  • czas noun (verb forms distinguishing time)
  • naprężać verb (make tense)
  • naprężać się verb (become tense)
  • naprężyć verb (make tense)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • estendido adj (pulled taut)
  • tenso adj (showing stress or strain)
  • tempo noun (verb forms distinguishing time)
  • tensionar verb (make tense)

Romanian

2 entries
  • încordat adj (showing stress or strain)
  • timp noun (verb forms distinguishing time)

Russian

4 entries
  • напряжённый adj (showing stress or strain)
  • напряжённый adj (produced with relative constriction of the vocal tract)
  • натя́нутый adj (pulled taut)
  • туго́й adj (pulled taut)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • vreme noun (verb forms distinguishing time)
  • vrijeme noun (verb forms distinguishing time)
  • време noun (verb forms distinguishing time)
  • вријеме noun (verb forms distinguishing time)

Slovak

1 entries
  • čas noun (verb forms distinguishing time)

Slovene

1 entries
  • čas noun (verb forms distinguishing time)

Spanish

4 entries
  • tenso adj (showing stress or strain)
  • tenso adj (pulled taut)
  • tiesto adj (pulled taut)
  • tiempo noun (verb forms distinguishing time)

Swahili

1 entries
  • wakati noun (verb forms distinguishing time)

Swedish

3 entries
  • spänd adj (showing stress or strain)
  • spänd adj (pulled taut)
  • tempus noun (verb forms distinguishing time)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • panahunan noun (verb forms distinguishing time)

Tajik

1 entries
  • замон noun (verb forms distinguishing time)

Tamil

1 entries
  • காலம் noun (verb forms distinguishing time)

Telugu

1 entries
  • కాలము noun (verb forms distinguishing time)

Thai

1 entries
  • กาล noun (verb forms distinguishing time)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • དུས་གསུམ noun (verb forms distinguishing time)

Turkish

2 entries
  • gergin adj (showing stress or strain)
  • zaman noun (verb forms distinguishing time)

Udmurt

1 entries
  • дыр noun (verb forms distinguishing time)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • напружений adj (showing stress or strain)
  • натя́гнутий adj (pulled taut)
  • тугий adj (pulled taut)
  • час noun (verb forms distinguishing time)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • زامان noun (verb forms distinguishing time)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • zamon noun (verb forms distinguishing time)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • thì noun (verb forms distinguishing time)

Welsh

1 entries
  • amser noun (verb forms distinguishing time)

Sample sentences

21 total sentences available.

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What Jane said made the atmosphere less tense.

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I feel tense and agitated when I have too much work to do.

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The international situation had become so tense, it would require proficient diplomats to handle it with kid gloves.

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He was tense with his new business.

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