tense
/tens/ n [C] (VERB FORM)Definition
› grammar any of the forms of a verb which show the time at which an action happened: "I sing" is in the present tense and shows action happening now, and "I will sing" is in the future tense, showing action that will happen later.
(Definition of tense n (VERB FORM) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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