Definitions For Tense
noun
- A grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time
- To make (a muscle) hard and tight
- To become nervous or tense
verb
- Cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious
- Become tense, nervous, or uneasy
- Increase the tension on
- Become stretched or tense or taut
- Nervous and not able to relax
- Showing or causing nervousness
- Not relaxed but hard and tight
adjective
- Taut or rigid; stretched tight
- Pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in beat')
- In or of a state of physical or nervous tension
Is Tense a Scrabble Word?
Words With Friends
YES
Scrabble US
YES
Scrabble UK
YES
English International (SOWPODS)
YES
Scrabble Global
YES
Enable1 Dictionary
YES
Points in Different Games
Scrabble
5
Words with Friends
6
The word Tense is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends
Examples of Tense in a Sentence
- She was feeling pretty tense.
- Why are you so tense?
- We sat quietly for a few tense moments.
- She tensed as he walked toward her.
- He tensed up and missed the putt.
- The sentence will read better if you change the tense of the verb.
- You should avoid changing tense in the middle of a paragraph.