Plural of tense
regular plural
The plural of tense is tenses.
Forms of tense
| Singular | tense /tɛns/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | tenses /tɛnsɪz/ |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Tenses in a sentence
- The historic tenses include the imperfect, the pluperfect, and the future perfect.From the entry historic
- A child familiar with past tenses formed with "-ed" overregularizes by saying "goed" instead of "went".From the entry overregularize
- Please use only simple tenses in titles when submitting articles to our publication.From the entry simple tense
- Then at one point I wanted to add head-marking to the language to mark tenses.2024 September 16, H. S. Teoh <hsteoh@qfbox.info>, “Re: Hrmitt lexicon reached 800 entries”, in Conlang mailing list. From the entry protolang
- Francine leans down and her body tenses, shoulders reddening as she makes a sharp, punchy gesture.2021, Chandler Baker, The Husbands. From the entry punchy
Meaning of tense
- noun The property of indicating the point in time at which an action or state of being occurs or exists.
- noun An inflected form of a verb that indicates tense.
- noun A grammatical aspect.
Questions about the plural of tense
- What is the plural of tense?
- The plural of tense is tenses.
- Is tense countable?
- Tense is a countable and uncountable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: tense (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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