English-Estonian translations for tense

• aeg
  Aeg on edasi läinud, nii et see tuleb panna mineviku ajavormi. Time has moved on, so it needs to be put in the past tense.
  Praegu on meil suhetes Iraaniga väga raske ja pingeline aeg. We are going through a very difficult and tense period with Iran.
• tempus
• ajavorm
• närviline
• pinev
  Ma ei unusta meie kohtumist kunagi, sest olukord oli ülimalt pinev. I will never forget our meeting, as the situation was extremely tense.
  Bahreinis on hoolimata sellest, et olukord tänavatel on mõnevõrra normaliseerunud, õhkkond endiselt pinev. In Bahrain, in spite of some return to normality on the streets, the situation remains tense.
  Pärast valimistulemuste väljakuulutamist muutus juba niigi pinev õhkkond kahjuks vägivallaks. After the announcement of the election results the already tense atmosphere unfortunately turned violent.
• pingne
• pinguldama
• pingulduma
• pinguletõmmatud

Definition of tense

• Any of the forms of a verb which distinguish when an action or state of being occurs or exists
• An form of a verb that indicates tense
• The property of indicating the point in time at which an action or state of being occurs or exists
• To apply a tense to
• Showing signs of stress or strain; not relaxed
• Pulled taut, without any slack
• To make or become tense

Examples

• English only has a present tense and a past tense; it has no future tense.
• Dyirbal verbs are not inflected for tense.
• tensing a verb
• You need to relax, all this overtime and stress is making you tense

Related words

• pretense
• intense
• intensely
• tenseness
• tensely
• hypertense
• tensed
• intenseness
• tenseless