tense
- (noun): (grammar) Any of the forms of a verb which distinguish when an action or state of being occurs or exists.
- (noun): (grammar) An inflected form of a verb that indicates tense.
- (noun): The property of indicating the point in time at which an action or state of being occurs or exists.
- (verb): (grammar) To apply a tense to.
- 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