tense system

1. 1.

   a system of tenses used in a particular language

   Broaderlanguage system

Questions about tense system

What does tense system mean?

tense system means "a system of tenses used in a particular language".

Is tense system a common word?

tense system is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.