Synonyms for tenses
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : tens |
| Phonetic Transcription : tɛns |
Top 10 synonyms for tenses Other synonyms for the word tenses
- afflict
- anneal
- arch
- astringe
- bend
- benumb
- bind
- bow
- brace
- burden
- cake
- candy
- cement
- chill
- choke
- clench
- close
- clot
- coagulate
- compress
- concentrate
- condense
- confine
- congeal
- constringe
- contract
- cramp
- crunch
- crush
- crystallize
- curb
- curdle
- curve
- distend
- draw in
- draw together
- fasten
- firm
- fix
- force
- freeze
- fret
- gel
- grip
- harden
- hassle
- hump
- inflate
- inspissate
- jell
- jelly
- lean
- limit
- ossify
- overdo
- overextend
- petrify
- pinch
- precipitate
- pressure
- prop
- pull
- put in traction
- put on trial
- restrain
- restrict
- rigidify
- screw
- scrooch down
- secure
- set
- shrink
- spring
- squeeze
- starch
- steady
- strain
- strangle
- strangulate
- stretch
- tauten
- tense
- tense up
- thicken
- tighten
- toughen
- traumatize
- tuck
- worry
Définition of tenses
Origin :- "to make tense," 1670s, from tense (adj.); intransitive sense of "to become tense" (often tense up) is recorded from 1946. Related: Tensed; tensing.
- As in stiffen : verb make or become harder
- As in stress : verb put under physical or mental pressure
- As in tighten : verb constrict
- As in constrict : verb inhibit
- As in hunch : verb cower, crouch
- "You are not quite right in your tenses, Austin," she remarked.
- Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
- In verbs there are five tenses, or times, expressing an action, or affirmation.
- Extract from : « The Comic Latin Grammar » by Percival Leigh
- Egotism, in every one of its moods and tenses, must have a strong fascination.
- Extract from : « A Day's Ride » by Charles James Lever
- The denotation of the tenses was effected by appropriate signs.
- Extract from : « The Stranger in France » by John Carr
- The morning wore on, and tenses and moods gave place to drill.
- Extract from : « An Australian Lassie » by Lilian Turner
- Timeliness is as important as ever, so he must look to his tenses.
- Extract from : « If You Don't Write Fiction » by Charles Phelps Cushing
- The other tenses are conjugated, as is ari,u, in the second conjugation.
- Extract from : « Diego Collado's Grammar of the Japanese Language » by Diego Collado
- The present tenses is and tha never take the do before them.
- Extract from : « Elements of Gaelic Grammar » by Alexander Stewart
- It was found in the other tenses, in the other number, and in other moods.
- Extract from : « A Handbook of the English Language » by Robert Gordon Latham
- He began to lose track of his tenses—that was the only sign he gave of perturbation.
- Extract from : « The Crisis, Complete » by Winston Churchill
Antonyms for tenses
- aid
- allow
- attenuate
- calm
- comfort
- compress
- concentrate
- dilute
- dissolve
- enlarge
- expand
- extend
- free
- give
- heat
- help
- increase
- lengthen
- let go
- liberate
- liquefy
- loose
- loosen
- lose
- melt
- open
- placate
- reduce
- relax
- release
- separate
- soften
- soothe
- stand
- straighten
- stretch
- thin
- uncompress
- unfasten
- unfix
- untie
- weaken
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