tension
verb/ˈtenʃn/
/ˈtenʃn/
(specialist)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they tension | /ˈtenʃn/ /ˈtenʃn/ |
| he / she / it tensions | /ˈtenʃnz/ /ˈtenʃnz/ |
| past simple tensioned | /ˈtenʃnd/ /ˈtenʃnd/ |
| past participle tensioned | /ˈtenʃnd/ /ˈtenʃnd/ |
| -ing form tensioning | /ˈtenʃənɪŋ/ /ˈtenʃənɪŋ/ |
- tension something to make a wire, sail, etc. tight and stretchedWord Originmid 16th cent. (as a medical term denoting a condition or feeling of being physically stretched or strained): from French, or from Latin tensio(n-), from tendere ‘stretch’.
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