テンス

noun

tense

Linguistics term for grammatical tense. Often used in academic or language-learning contexts. The native term 時制 (じせい) is more common in general Japanese.

See also: 時制

• 英えい語ごのテンスは過か去こ・現げん在ざい・未み来らいに分わけられる。

  English tenses can be divided into past, present, and future.