How many syllables in tense?

There is 1 syllable in the word tense.

How to pronounce tense:

tense (noun):: a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time.

continuous tense

future

future tense

grammatical category

imperfect

imperfect tense

past

past tense

perfect

perfect tense

perfective

perfective tense

present

present tense

progressive

progressive tense

syntactic category

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