tense – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of tense

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to tense
Participle: tensed
Gerund: tensing

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

I	tense
you	tense
he;she;it	tenses
we	tense
you	tense
they	tense

Perfect

I	have tensed
you	have tensed
he;she;it	has tensed
we	have tensed
you	have tensed
they	have tensed

Past

I	tensed
you	tensed
he;she;it	tensed
we	tensed
you	tensed
they	tensed

Pluperfect

I	had tensed
you	had tensed
he;she;it	had tensed
we	had tensed
you	had tensed
they	had tensed

Future

I	will tense
you	will tense
he;she;it	will tense
we	will tense
you	will tense
they	will tense

Future Perfect

I	will have tensed
you	will have tensed
he;she;it	will have tensed
we	will have tensed
you	will have tensed
they	will have tensed

Subjunctive

Present

I	tense
you	tense
he;she;it	tense
we	tense
you	tense
they	tense

Perfect

I	have tensed
you	have tensed
he;she;it	have tensed
we	have tensed
you	have tensed
they	have tensed

Imperfect

I	tensed
you	tensed
he;she;it	tensed
we	tensed
you	tensed
they	tensed

Pluperfect

I	had tensed
you	had tensed
he;she;it	had tensed
we	had tensed
you	had tensed
they	had tensed

Conditional

Present

I	would tense
you	would tense
he;she;it	would tense
we	would tense
you	would tense
they	would tense

Perfect

I	would have tensed
you	would have tensed
he;she;it	would have tensed
we	would have tensed
you	would have tensed
they	would have tensed

Imperative

you	tense
we	Let's tense
you	tense

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

I	am tensing
you	are tensing
he;she;it	is tensing
we	are tensing
you	are tensing
they	are tensing

Perfect

I	have been tensing
you	have been tensing
he;she;it	has been tensing
we	have been tensing
you	have been tensing
they	have been tensing

Past

I	was tensing
you	were tensing
he;she;it	was tensing
we	were tensing
you	were tensing
they	were tensing

Pluperfect

I	had been tensing
you	had been tensing
he;she;it	had been tensing
we	had been tensing
you	had been tensing
they	had been tensing

Future

I	will be tensing
you	will be tensing
he;she;it	will be tensing
we	will be tensing
you	will be tensing
they	will be tensing

Future Perfect

I	will have been tensing
you	will have been tensing
he;she;it	will have been tensing
we	will have been tensing
you	will have been tensing
they	will have been tensing

Conditional

Present

I	would be tensing
you	would be tensing
he;she;it	would be tensing
we	would be tensing
you	would be tensing
they	would be tensing

Perfect

I	would have been tensing
you	would have been tensing
he;she;it	would have been tensing
we	would have been tensing
you	would have been tensing
they	would have been tensing

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'tense'

abacinate, abalienate, abase, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, abduce, aberrate, aberuncate, abirritate, abjudge, abjudicate, abjugate, abjure, ablactate, ablaqueate, able, ablegate, abligate, abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'tense'

cense, mense, sense, tease, temse, tensen, atene, cease, densen, ease,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to make tighter: bind, brace, cinch, clench, constrict, squeeze, taughten, tauten, tighten

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

From Middle English tens, from Old French tens (modern French temps), from Latin tempus. Doublet of tempo and tempus.

Sample Sentences

tensing a verb