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'ten(t)ʃ(ə)nNounнапряжение; напряжённое состояние; напряжённостьExamples
acute tension — сильная напряжённость
to ease / alleviate / relax / reduce / slacken tension — ослабить напряжение
to alleviate / ease tension between the superpowers — ослабить напряжённость в отношениях сверхдержав
to cause / create tension — создать напряжённую обстановку
to heighten / increase tension — обострить обстановку
The mind cannot be always in a state of intellectual tension. — Мозг не может постоянно находиться в состоянии интеллектуального напряжения (напряжённой интеллектуальной деятельности).
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внимание
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напряжение
translation added by Елена 🌻Silver ru-en - 3.
Напряженность, напряжение
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Word forms
tension
noun
| Singular | Plural | |
| Common case | tension | *tensions |
| Possessive case | tension's | *tensions' |
tension
verb
| Basic forms | |
|---|---|
| Past | tensioned |
| Imperative | tension |
| Present Participle (Participle I) | tensioning |
| Past Participle (Participle II) | tensioned |
| Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I tension | we tension |
| you tension | you tension |
| he/she/it tensions | they tension |
| Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I am tensioning | we are tensioning |
| you are tensioning | you are tensioning |
| he/she/it is tensioning | they are tensioning |
| Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I have tensioned | we have tensioned |
| you have tensioned | you have tensioned |
| he/she/it has tensioned | they have tensioned |
| Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I have been tensioning | we have been tensioning |
| you have been tensioning | you have been tensioning |
| he/she/it has been tensioning | they have been tensioning |
| Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I tensioned | we tensioned |
| you tensioned | you tensioned |
| he/she/it tensioned | they tensioned |
| Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I was tensioning | we were tensioning |
| you were tensioning | you were tensioning |
| he/she/it was tensioning | they were tensioning |
| Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I had tensioned | we had tensioned |
| you had tensioned | you had tensioned |
| he/she/it had tensioned | they had tensioned |
| Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I had been tensioning | we had been tensioning |
| you had been tensioning | you had been tensioning |
| he/she/it had been tensioning | they had been tensioning |
| Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will tension | we shall/will tension |
| you will tension | you will tension |
| he/she/it will tension | they will tension |
| Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will be tensioning | we shall/will be tensioning |
| you will be tensioning | you will be tensioning |
| he/she/it will be tensioning | they will be tensioning |
| Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will have tensioned | we shall/will have tensioned |
| you will have tensioned | you will have tensioned |
| he/she/it will have tensioned | they will have tensioned |
| Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will have been tensioning | we shall/will have been tensioning |
| you will have been tensioning | you will have been tensioning |
| he/she/it will have been tensioning | they will have been tensioning |
| Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I should/would tension | we should/would tension |
| you would tension | you would tension |
| he/she/it would tension | they would tension |
| Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I should/would be tensioning | we should/would be tensioning |
| you would be tensioning | you would be tensioning |
| he/she/it would be tensioning | they would be tensioning |
| Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I should/would have tensioned | we should/would have tensioned |
| you would have tensioned | you would have tensioned |
| he/she/it would have tensioned | they would have tensioned |
| Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I should/would have been tensioning | we should/would have been tensioning |
| you would have been tensioning | you would have been tensioning |
| he/she/it would have been tensioning | they would have been tensioning |
| Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I am tensioned | we are tensioned |
| you are tensioned | you are tensioned |
| he/she/it is tensioned | they are tensioned |
| Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I am being tensioned | we are being tensioned |
| you are being tensioned | you are being tensioned |
| he/she/it is being tensioned | they are being tensioned |
| Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I have been tensioned | we have been tensioned |
| you have been tensioned | you have been tensioned |
| he/she/it has been tensioned | they have been tensioned |
| Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I was tensioned | we were tensioned |
| you were tensioned | you were tensioned |
| he/she/it was tensioned | they were tensioned |
| Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I was being tensioned | we were being tensioned |
| you were being tensioned | you were being tensioned |
| he/she/it was being tensioned | they were being tensioned |
| Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I had been tensioned | we had been tensioned |
| you had been tensioned | you had been tensioned |
| he/she/it had been tensioned | they had been tensioned |
| Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will be tensioned | we shall/will be tensioned |
| you will be tensioned | you will be tensioned |
| he/she/it will be tensioned | they will be tensioned |
| Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will have been tensioned | we shall/will have been tensioned |
| you will have been tensioned | you will have been tensioned |
| he/she/it will have been tensioned | they will have been tensioned |