Definition, Meaning & Synonyms
tense
noun
/tɛns/
Definition
A grammatical category that indicates the time at which an action or state occurs.
Examples
- The past tense of ‘walk’ is ‘walked.’
- She was writing in the present tense.
- We will leave tomorrow, so our conversation is in the future tense.
Meaning
In linguistics, ‘tense’ denotes the form of a verb that shows the time of an action, whether it’s past, present, or future.
Synonyms
- time
- verb form
- grammatical tense
