Tense

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  • In linguistics, the term tense may refer to two unrelated concepts:
    • Grammatical tense, the inflection of a verb to indicate whether past, present, or future time is intended
    • Tenseness, a phonological quality frequently associated with vowels and occasionally with consonants
  • In anatomy, the term tense may refer to muscles in a state of contraction.
  • The term tense may also refer to various meanings of tension.

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