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adjective • in or of a state of physical or nervous tension • pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat') • taut or rigid; stretched tight noun • a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time verb • become stretched or tense or taut • increase the tension on • become tense, nervous, or uneasy • cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious | ||||||||
| 36% | 10 | Engaged in forming a perfect or ideal conception of; mentally representing something as perfect or as near to perfect | ||||||
verb • consider or render as ideal • form ideals | ||||||||
| 26% | 7 | Settle finally; decide conclusively | ||||||
verb • declare to be | ||||||||
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TENSE which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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TENSE
Updated: October 14, 2023
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1 | (and 10 again) Perfect figures
The Guardian Cryptic -
18 Jul 2002 | The Guardian Cryptic / 18 Jul 2002 |
2 | Engaged in forming a perfect or ideal conception of; mentally representing something as perfect or as near to perfect | |
3 | Figures from station finally covered by a railway
Telegraph Toughie -
25 Jun 2024 | Telegraph Toughie / 25 Jun 2024 |
4 | Figures in figures
New York Times -
27 Sep 1979 | New York Times / 27 Sep 1979 |
5 | From the Greek for “to cut short”, a summary or miniature form; or, a perfect example of something
Telegraph Giant General Knowledge -
29 Jul 2023 | Telegraph Giant General Knowledge / 29 Jul 2023 |
6 | Perfect example
New York Times -
02 Mar 2009 | New York Times / 02 Mar 2009 |
7 | Used in the present perfect, past perfect, and future perfect tenses |
