Tense

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(1. Any one of the inflected forms in the conjugation of a verb that indicates the time, such as past, present, or future, as well as the continuance or completion of the action or state. 2. A set of tense forms indicating a particular time: the future tense) កាលៈ

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តានតឹង, តឹងតែង

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(វេយ្យាករណ៍) (Form of verb which indicates time of action) ដែលតឹង, ដែលមានការតឹងតែងក្នុងខ្លួនដ៏តឹងតែង, ដ៏លំបាក, ដែលមានសំឡេងតឹង
Example: 'had' is the past tense of 'has'. 'Will go' is the future tense of 'go'. 'fell' is the past tense of fall, the perfect (imperfect) tense.

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(INTRANSITIVE) ឡើងតឹង

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(TRANSITIVE) (To make or become tense) ធ្វើអោយតឹង

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ធ្វើអោយតឹង, តានតឹង

• present tense
  - នៃបច្ចុប្បន្នកាល, នៃវត្ដមានកាល

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One of the forms which a verb takes by inflection or by adding auxiliary words, so as to indicate the time of the action or event signified; the modification which verbs undergo for the indication of time.

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Stretched tightly; strained to stiffness; rigid; not lax; as, a tense fiber.