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tense
Overview of noun tense
The noun tense has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (2) tense -- (a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time)
Overview of verb tense
The verb tense has 4 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. strain, tense -- (become stretched or tense or taught; "the bodybuilder's neck muscles tensed;" "the rope strained when the weight was attached")
2. tense -- (increase the tension on; "alternately relax and tense your calf muscle"; "tense the rope manually before tensing the spring")
3. tense, tense up -- (become tense, nervous, or uneasy; "He tensed up when he saw his opponent enter the room")
4. tense, strain, tense up -- (cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious; "he got a phone call from his lawyer that tensed him up")
Overview of adj tense
The adj tense has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. tense -- (in or of a state of physical or nervous tension)
2. tense -- (pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat'))
3. tense -- (taut or rigid; stretched tight; "tense piano strings")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun tense
1 sense of tense
Sense 1
tense
=> grammatical category, syntactic category
=> class, category, family
=> collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage
=> group, grouping
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun tense
1 sense of tense
Sense 1
tense
=> present, present tense
=> aorist
=> past, past tense
=> future, future tense
=> progressive, progressive tense, imperfect, imperfect tense, continuous tense
=> perfective, perfective tense, perfect, perfect tense
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun tense
1 sense of tense
Sense 1
tense
=> grammatical category, syntactic category
Antonyms of noun tense
Member Holonyms of noun tense
Substance Holonyms of noun tense
Part Holonyms of noun tense
Member Meronyms of noun tense
Substance Meronyms of noun tense
Part Meronyms of noun tense
Meronyms of noun tense
Holonyms of noun tense
Attributes of noun tense
Derived Forms of noun tense
Domain of noun tense
Domain Terms of noun tense
Familiarity of noun tense
tense used as a noun is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun tense
1 sense of tense
Sense 1
tense
> grammatical category, syntactic category
=> case, grammatical case
=> part of speech, form class, word class
=> number
=> person
=> gender, grammatical gender
=> tense
=> semantic role, participant role
Meronyms of noun tense
1 sense of tense
Sense 1
tense
=> grammatical category, syntactic category
=> class, category, family
HAS MEMBER: superphylum
Holonyms of noun tense
Grep of noun tense
continuous tense
false pretense
future perfect tense
future progressive tense
future tense
geranium pratense
imperfect tense
past perfect tense
past progressive tense
past tense
perfect tense
perfective tense
phleum pratense
pluperfect tense
present perfect tense
present progressive tense
present tense
pretense
progressive tense
tense
tense system
tenseness
trifolium pratense
Antonyms of verb tense
2 of 4 senses of tense
Sense 3
tense, tense up
Antonym of relax (Sense 1)
=>relax, loosen up, unbend, unwind, decompress, slow down
Sense 4
tense, strain, tense up
Antonym of relax (Sense 4)
=>relax, unstrain, unlax, loosen up, unwind, make relaxed
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb tense
4 senses of tense
Sense 1
strain, tense
=> tighten
=> change
Sense 2
tense
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 3
tense, tense up
=> change state, turn
=> change
Sense 4
tense, strain, tense up
=> affect
=> change, alter, modify
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb tense
1 of 4 senses of tense
Sense 4
tense, strain, tense up
=> stretch, extend
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb tense
4 senses of tense
Sense 1
strain, tense
=> tighten
Sense 2
tense
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 3
tense, tense up
=> change state, turn
Sense 4
tense, strain, tense up
=> affect
'Cause To' of verb tense
1 of 4 senses of tense
Sense 4
tense, strain, tense up
=> tense, tense up
Derived Forms of verb tense
4 senses of tense
Sense 1
strain, tense
RELATED TO>(noun) tension#5
=> tension
RELATED TO>(noun) tension#6
=> tension
Sense 2
tense
RELATED TO>(noun) tension#5
=> tension
RELATED TO>(noun) tension#6
=> tension
Sense 3
tense, tense up
RELATED TO>(noun) tension#3
=> tension, tensity, tenseness, tautness
RELATED TO>(noun) tensor#2
=> tensor
Sense 4
tense, strain, tense up
RELATED TO>(noun) tension#3
=> tension, tensity, tenseness, tautness
Domain of verb tense
Domain Terms of verb tense
Familiarity of verb tense
tense used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Sample Sentences of verb tense
4 senses of tense
Sense 1
strain, tense
*> Something ----s
Sense 2
tense
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 3
tense, tense up
*> Something ----s
*> Somebody ----s
*> Somebody's (body part) ----s
Sense 4
tense, strain, tense up
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s somebody
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb tense
4 senses of tense
Sense 1
strain, tense
> tighten
=> constrict, constringe, narrow
=> tauten, firm
=> compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press
=> strain, tense
Sense 2
tense
> change, alter, modify
=> awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse
=> cause to sleep
=> affect
=> refresh, freshen, refreshen
=> inseminate, fecundate, fertilize, fertilise
=> indispose
=> cry
=> etiolate
=> brutalize, brutalise, animalize, animalise
=> convert
=> opalize, opalise
=> arterialize, arterialise
=> make, get
=> counterchange, transpose, interchange
=> vascularize, vascularise
=> decrepitate
=> suburbanize, suburbanise
=> revolutionize, revolutionise, overturn
=> etiolate
=> barbarize, barbarise
=> alkalinize, alkalinise
=> mythologize, mythologise, mythicize, mythicise
=> allegorize, allegorise
=> demythologize, demythologise
=> bring, land
=> coarsen
=> affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch
=> alchemize, alchemise
=> alcoholize, alcoholise
=> shape, form
=> round off, round down, round out, round
=> suspend
=> sober
=> reconstruct
=> increase
=> ease up, ease off, let up
=> assimilate
=> dissimilate
=> commute, convert, exchange
=> vitalize, vitalise
=> unclutter, clear
=> activate
=> activate
=> activate, aerate
=> activate
=> inactivate, deactivate
=> deaden, blunt
=> remodel, reconstruct, redo
=> edit, redact
=> edit, cut, edit out
=> tame, chasten, subdue
=> chasten, moderate, temper
=> better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
=> worsen, aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate
=> wet
=> dry, dry out
=> lubricate
=> strengthen, beef up, fortify
=> spike, lace, fortify
=> weaken
=> blunt
=> oxidize, oxidise, oxidate
=> unite, unify, merge
=> age
=> ripen, mature
=> antique, antiquate
=> antiquate
=> develop, make grow
=> soften
=> damage
=> ossify
=> acerbate
=> stabilize, stabilise
=> destabilize, destabilise
=> sensitize, sensitise, sensify, sensibilize, sensibilise
=> desensitize, desensitise
=> habituate, accustom
=> disorder, disarray
=> discolor
=> color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color in, colour in
=> stain
=> hue
=> uglify
=> untune
=> adjust, set, correct
=> set
=> disqualify, unfit, indispose
=> domesticate, domesticize, domesticise, reclaim, tame
=> widen
=> dehydrogenate
=> hydrogenate
=> oxygenize, oxygenise
=> darken
=> brighten, lighten up, lighten
=> blur, blear
=> obscure, bedim, overcloud
=> obscure, blot out, obliterate, veil, hide
=> cook
=> slenderize, slenderise
=> crack
=> dissolve, dismiss
=> end, terminate
=> demist, defog
=> condense, concentrate, contract
=> cool, chill, cool down
=> heat, heat up
=> warm
=> boil
=> freeze
=> blister
=> switch, change over, shift
=> transpose
=> convert, change over
=> transform
=> transform
=> transform
=> transmute
=> transform, transmute, transubstantiate
=> ash
=> translate, transform
=> reform, reclaim, regenerate, rectify
=> convert
=> Islamize, Islamise
=> turn back, invert, reverse
=> invert
=> customize, customise
=> personalize, personalise, individualize, individualise
=> depersonalize, depersonalise, objectify
=> sharpen
=> flatten, drop
=> disintegrate
=> magnetize, magnetise
=> demagnetize, demagnetise, degauss
=> simplify
=> complicate, refine, rarify, elaborate
=> refine
=> complicate, perplex
=> supercharge, pressurize, pressurise
=> centralize, centralise, concentrate
=> decentralize, deconcentrate, decentralise
=> socialize, socialise
=> fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set
=> internationalize, internationalise
=> communize, communise, bolshevize, bolshevise
=> Europeanize, Europeanise
=> Europeanize, Europeanise
=> bestialize, bestialise
=> Americanize, Americanise
=> Frenchify
=> civilize, civilise
=> nationalize, nationalise
=> denationalize, denationalise
=> naturalize, naturalise
=> denaturalize, denaturalise
=> naturalize, naturalise
=> denaturalize, denaturalise
=> even, even out
=> equal, match, equalize, equalise, equate
=> stiffen
=> loosen, loose
=> tighten, fasten
=> transitivize, transitivise
=> detransitivize, detransitivise, intransitivize, intransitivise
=> thicken, inspissate
=> full
=> diversify
=> deaden
=> check, retard, delay
=> decrease, lessen, minify
=> liquefy, liquify, liquidize, liquidise
=> solvate
=> dissolve
=> validate
=> invalidate, void, vitiate
=> empty
=> fill, fill up, make full
=> saturate
=> clot, coagulate
=> louden
=> normalize, normalise, renormalize, renormalise
=> morph
=> neutralize, neutralise
=> commercialize, commercialise, market
=> purify, purge, sanctify
=> mechanize, mechanise
=> automatize, automatise, automate
=> automatize, automatise
=> mechanize, mechanise
=> harmonize, harmonise, chord
=> polarize, polarise
=> glorify
=> contaminate
=> devalue
=> insulate
=> calcify
=> urbanize, urbanise
=> urbanize, urbanise
=> emulsify
=> demulsify
=> decarboxylate
=> nazify
=> fertilize, fecundate, fertilise
=> clarify
=> embrittle
=> mark
=> barb
=> nick
=> disable, disenable, incapacitate
=> enable
=> de-emphasize, de-emphasise, destress
=> tender, tenderize, tenderise
=> charge
=> sweeten
=> iodinate
=> ionate
=> archaize, archaise
=> inform
=> officialize, officialise
=> occidentalize, occidentalise, westernize, westernise
=> orientalize, orientalise
=> acetylate, acetylize, acetylise
=> achromatize, achromatise
=> parallel, collimate
=> camp
=> classicize, classicise
=> conventionalize, conventionalise
=> decimalize, decimalise
=> dizzy
=> poison, envenom
=> exteriorize, exteriorise, externalize, externalise, objectify
=> glamorize, glamourise, glamourize, glamorise
=> introvert
=> laicize, laicise
=> politicize, politicise
=> radicalize
=> proof
=> romanticize, romanticise
=> rusticate
=> sauce
=> shallow, shoal
=> tense
=> steepen
=> scramble
=> unscramble
=> unsex
=> vitrify
=> pall
=> saponify
=> extend, expand
=> suspend, set aside
=> muddy
=> transform
=> lift, raise, elevate
=> harshen
=> dinge
=> demonize, demonise
=> devilize, devilise, diabolize, diabolise
=> etherealize, etherialise
=> immaterialize, immaterialise, unsubstantialize, unsubstantialise
=> animize, animise, animate
=> clear
=> dynamize, dynamise
=> dynamize, dynamise
=> rarefy, sublimate, subtilize
=> volatilize, volatilise
=> uniformize, uniformise
=> symmetrize, symmetrise
=> immortalize, immortalise, eternize, eternise, eternalize, eternalise
=> denature
=> denature
=> denature
=> sanitize, sanitise
=> verbify
=> shift
=> sputter
=> draw
=> make
=> dope
=> prostrate
=> excite
=> excite, energize, energise
=> shake
=> outmode
=> spice, spice up
=> shorten
=> think
=> make
=> deflate
=> inflate
=> reflate
=> digitize, digitise, digitalize, digitalise
=> gelatinize, gelatinise
=> recombine
=> feminize, feminise, effeminize, erreminise, womanize
=> masculinize, masculinise, virilize, virilise
=> masculinize
=> disharmonize, dissonate
=> sexualize, sexualise
=> schematize, schematise
=> patent
=> constitutionalize, constitutionalise
=> rationalize, rationalise
=> plasticize, plasticise
=> rarefy
=> paganize, paganise
=> incandesce
=> deaminate, deaminize
=> angulate
=> circularize
=> sensitize, sensitise
=> sensitize, sensitise
=> depolarize, depolarise
=> intensify
=> isomerize, isomerise
=> legitimate
=> evaporate, vaporise
=> industrialize, industrialise
=> opacify
=> opsonize
=> militarize, militarise
=> nationalize, nationalise
=> recommend
=> sentimentalize, sentimentalise
=> solemnize, solemnise
=> territorialize, territorialise
=> transaminate
=> transfigure, glorify, spiritualize
=> unsanctify
=> vesiculate
=> visualize, visualise
=> variegate
=> ventilate
=> vivify
=> vulgarise, vulgarize
=> supple
=> professionalize, professionalise
=> smut
=> still
=> weaponize
=> eroticize, sex up
=> piggyback
=> confuse, blur, obscure, obnubilate
=> confuse
=> tone down, moderate, tame
=> obfuscate
=> synchronize, synchronise
=> mince, soften, moderate
=> militarize, militarise
=> break down, crush
=> fatten, fat, flesh out, fill out, plump, plump out, fatten out, fatten up
=> touch, disturb
=> dull
=> dull, blunt
=> sharpen
=> coarsen
=> loosen
=> untie, undo, loosen
=> barb
=> string
=> straighten, straighten out
=> bring
=> mix, mingle, commix, unify, amalgamate
=> charge
=> put
=> clean, make clean
=> dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire
=> lower, depress
=> deform
=> break, break up
=> alter
=> decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify
=> humanize, humanise
=> humble
=> estrange, alienate, alien, disaffect
=> right
=> desensitize, desensitise
=> deodorize, deodorise, deodourise
=> develop
=> blur
=> blind
=> change intensity
=> change taste
=> capture
=> lend, impart, bestow, contribute, add, bring
=> restore, reinstate, reestablish
=> liberalize, liberalise
=> right, compensate, redress, correct
=> democratize, democratise
=> neutralize
=> corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect
=> relax, loosen
=> unite, unify
=> flocculate
=> turn
=> make possible
=> cohere
Sense 3
tense, tense up
> change state, turn
=> wake up, awake, arouse, awaken, wake, come alive, waken
=> zonk out, pass out, black out
=> come to, revive, resuscitate
=> tense, tense up
=> relax, loosen up, unbend, unwind, decompress, slow down
=> reduce, melt off, lose weight, slim, slenderize, thin, slim down
=> gain, put on
=> dress, clothe, enclothe, garb, raiment, tog, garment, habilitate, fit out, apparel
=> cross-fertilize, cross-fertilise
=> conceive
=> secularize, secularise
=> citrate
=> equilibrate
=> fall
=> become, go, get
=> worsen, decline
=> better, improve, ameliorate, meliorate
=> disengage
=> overgrow
=> concentrate
=> break
=> acidify, acetify
=> alkalize, alkalise, alkalify, basify
=> ionize, ionise
=> ossify
=> catalyze, catalyse
=> get worse, relapse
=> fluctuate
=> explode, burst forth, break loose
=> die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it
=> be born
=> cloud over
=> carbonize, carbonise
=> cool, chill, cool down
=> heat, hot up, heat up
=> carbonize, carbonise, carburize, carburise
=> freeze
=> boil
=> burn, combust
=> emaciate
=> Frenchify
=> thin
=> thicken, inspissate
=> solvate
=> react
=> dissolve, fade out, fade away
=> empty, discharge
=> fill, fill up
=> homogenize, homogenise
=> homogenize, homogenise
=> curdle, clabber, clot
=> clot, coagulate
=> sour, turn, ferment, work
=> integrate
=> precipitate
=> calcify
=> coke
=> carnify
=> chondrify
=> emulsify
=> denitrify
=> esterify
=> etherify
=> thrombose
=> open, open up
=> close, shut
=> sorb, take up
=> calm, calm down, cool off, chill out, simmer down, settle down, cool it
=> thrive, prosper, fly high, flourish
=> emancipate, liberate
=> get into, tangle with
=> liquefy
=> erupt, ignite, catch fire, take fire, combust, conflagrate
Sense 4
tense, strain, tense up
> affect
=> attack
=> ulcerate
=> sedate, calm, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise
=> stimulate, arouse, brace, energize, energise, perk up
=> tense, strain, tense up
=> relax, unstrain, unlax, loosen up, unwind, make relaxed
=> jaundice
=> register
=> intoxicate, soak, inebriate
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb tense
Sense 1
strain, tense
=> tighten
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Sense 2
tense
=> change, alter, modify
--------------
Sense 3
tense, tense up
=> change state, turn
--------------
Sense 4
tense, strain, tense up
=> affect
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Grep of verb tense
tense
tense up
Antonyms of adj tense
3 senses of tense
Sense 1
tense (vs. relaxed)
relaxed (vs. tense)
=> degage
=> laid-back, mellow
=> unstrained
Sense 2
tense (vs. lax)
lax (vs. tense)
Sense 3
tense (vs. lax)
lax (vs. tense)
=> drooping, droopy, sagging
=> floppy
=> loose, slack
=> loose-jointed
=> relaxed
=> tensionless
Similarity of adj tense
3 senses of tense
Sense 1
tense (vs. relaxed)
=> aroused, wound up
=> cliff-hanging, suspenseful, suspensive, nail-biting
=> taut
=> edgy, high-strung, highly strung, in suspense(predicate), jittery, jumpy, nervy, overstrung, restive, uptight
=> electric
=> isotonic
=> nervous
=> strained
=> unrelaxed
=> pumped-up(prenominal), pumped up(predicate), pumped(predicate), wired
Also See> agitated#1; uneasy#1
Sense 2
tense (vs. lax)
=> constricted
Sense 3
tense (vs. lax)
=> overstrung
=> taut, tight
Also See> tight#1
Pertainyms of adj tense
Attributes of adj tense
Domain of adj tense
1 of 3 senses of tense
Sense 2
tense (vs. lax)
TOPIC>(noun) phonetics#1
Domain Terms of adj tense
Familiarity of adj tense
tense used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Grep of adj tense
intense
tense
tensed
Grep of adv tense
tensely
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