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tensest
We have found lemma(root) word of tensest : tense.
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[tɛns], (Adjective)
Definitions:
- (especially of a muscle) stretched tight or rigid
(e.g: she tried to relax her tense muscles)
- unable to relax because of nervousness, anxiety, or stimulation
(e.g: he was tense with excitement)
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Origin
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late 17th century: from Latin tensus ‘stretched’, from the verb tendere
[tɛns], (Verb)
Definitions:
- become tense, typically through anxiety or nervousness
(e.g: her body tensed up)
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Origin
:
late 17th century: from Latin tensus ‘stretched’, from the verb tendere
[tɛns], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a set of forms taken by a verb to indicate the time (and sometimes also the continuance or completeness) of the action in relation to the time of the utterance
(e.g: the future tense)
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Origin
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Middle English (in the general sense ‘time’): from Old French tens, from Latin tempus ‘time’
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