The property of indicating the point in time at which an action or state of being occurs or exists.
Dyirbal verbs are not inflected for tense.
An inflected form of a verb that indicates tense.
English only has a past tense and a non-past tense; it has no future tense.
A grammatical aspect.
From Middle English tens, from Old French tens (modern French temps), from Latin tempus. Doublet of tempo and tempus.
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Characterized by strain (on the nerves, emotions, etc). (.
Chi stops, but her eyes continue to pierce right through me and into Karima. A tense moment later, she drops her eyes back to the terminal and scans the data once more. The showdown is over, at least for the moment.
Pulled taut, without any slack.