tensen – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of tensen

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to tensen
Participle: tensened
Gerund: tensening

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Itensen
youtensen
he;she;ittensens
wetensen
youtensen
theytensen

Perfect

Ihave tensened
youhave tensened
he;she;ithas tensened
wehave tensened
youhave tensened
theyhave tensened

Past

Itensened
youtensened
he;she;ittensened
wetensened
youtensened
theytensened

Pluperfect

Ihad tensened
youhad tensened
he;she;ithad tensened
wehad tensened
youhad tensened
theyhad tensened

Future

Iwill tensen
youwill tensen
he;she;itwill tensen
wewill tensen
youwill tensen
theywill tensen

Future Perfect

Iwill have tensened
youwill have tensened
he;she;itwill have tensened
wewill have tensened
youwill have tensened
theywill have tensened

Subjunctive

Present

Itensen
youtensen
he;she;ittensen
wetensen
youtensen
theytensen

Perfect

Ihave tensened
youhave tensened
he;she;ithave tensened
wehave tensened
youhave tensened
theyhave tensened

Imperfect

Itensened
youtensened
he;she;ittensened
wetensened
youtensened
theytensened

Pluperfect

Ihad tensened
youhad tensened
he;she;ithad tensened
wehad tensened
youhad tensened
theyhad tensened

Conditional

Present

Iwould tensen
youwould tensen
he;she;itwould tensen
wewould tensen
youwould tensen
theywould tensen

Perfect

Iwould have tensened
youwould have tensened
he;she;itwould have tensened
wewould have tensened
youwould have tensened
theywould have tensened

Imperative

youtensen
weLet's tensen
youtensen

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam tensening
youare tensening
he;she;itis tensening
weare tensening
youare tensening
theyare tensening

Perfect

Ihave been tensening
youhave been tensening
he;she;ithas been tensening
wehave been tensening
youhave been tensening
theyhave been tensening

Past

Iwas tensening
youwere tensening
he;she;itwas tensening
wewere tensening
youwere tensening
theywere tensening

Pluperfect

Ihad been tensening
youhad been tensening
he;she;ithad been tensening
wehad been tensening
youhad been tensening
theyhad been tensening

Future

Iwill be tensening
youwill be tensening
he;she;itwill be tensening
wewill be tensening
youwill be tensening
theywill be tensening

Future Perfect

Iwill have been tensening
youwill have been tensening
he;she;itwill have been tensening
wewill have been tensening
youwill have been tensening
theywill have been tensening

Conditional

Present

Iwould be tensening
youwould be tensening
he;she;itwould be tensening
wewould be tensening
youwould be tensening
theywould be tensening

Perfect

Iwould have been tensening
youwould have been tensening
he;she;itwould have been tensening
wewould have been tensening
youwould have been tensening
theywould have been tensening

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'tensen'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'tensen'

densen, tense, cense, easen, ensew, intensen, lessen, mense, sense, tease,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

From tense + -en.

Sample Sentences

  • At first he was shocked and his body tensened then he put an arm around me “well duh,” he joked and even though I was mad at him I laughed at his joke. [2013, Megan Bond, Devil's Kiss, page 62:]
  • A small muscle in Gabriel's jaw tensened. He turned away his face. [2015, Olga Hoekstra, Angel's Blood:]
  • I realized, suddenly, that I had been tensening with a steady, burning frustration. [2019, Lawrence Lariar, Win, Place, and Die!:]