tense

Definitions

1. The property of indicating the point in time at which an action or state of being occurs or exists.
   uncountable
2. time
3. An inflected form of a verb that indicates tense.
   countable
4. a while, period of time, long time, length of time, indeterminate amount of time
5. A grammatical aspect.
   countable, proscribed
6. A verb form or construction indicating a combination of tense, aspect, and mood.
   countable, proscribed
7. weather (the short-term state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place, including the temperature, relative humidity, cloud cover, precipitation, wind, etc)

Equivalents

Examples

“Dyirbal verbs are not inflected for tense.”

“English only has a past tense and a non-past tense; it has no future tense.”

“In ſo moche that if any verbe be of the thyꝛde coniugation I ſet out all his rotes and tenſes[…]”

“The "simple present⟳" tense in English can have⟳ several meanings.”

“The Spanish teacher told the student to use⟳ the imperfect tense instead of the preterite tense.”

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