āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
tense
01
āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻāĻ¨āĻžāĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖ, āĻāĻļāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤
full of anxiety or fear that makes people feel pressure or unease
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The atmosphere in the room grew tense as they waited for the final exam results.
āĻā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻˇāĻžāĻ° āĻĢāĻ˛āĻžāĻĢāĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ
āĻĒā§āĻā§āĻˇāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦā§āĻļ āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻāĻ¨āĻžāĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻāĻ āĻ˛āĨ¤
02
āĻāĻžāĻ¨, āĻļāĻā§āĻ¤
taut or rigid; stretched tight
03
āĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻāĻžāĻ¨, āĻ¸āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤
(of a speech sound) characterized by relatively tight or strained tongue muscles during the pronunciation
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Many German vowels require a more tense pronunciation compared to their English equivalents.
āĻ
āĻ¨ā§āĻ āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ°āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¤ā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ° āĻ¤ā§āĻ˛āĻ¨āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻ°āĻ āĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻ¨āĨ¤
01
āĻāĻžāĻ˛, āĻā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ˛
(grammar) a form of the verb that indicates the time or duration of the action or state of the verb
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The past tense of go is went.
Go-āĻāĻ° āĻ
āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻžāĻ˛ āĻšāĻ˛ā§ wentāĨ¤
to tense
01
āĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻāĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to make someone feel nervous, anxious, or uneasy
1.1
āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ° āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž
to become nervous, anxious, or uneasy
02
āĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻļāĻā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to tighten or stiffen something physically
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
His jaw tensed as he tried to stay calm.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¯āĻāĻ¨ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ˛ āĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻā§āĻ˛āĨ¤
03
āĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
become stretched or tense or taut
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
tensely
tenseness
tense
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
