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تَوَتُّر
tension /taˈwattur/
nounB1#2718 most common
Also: stress, strain, nervousness
Example sentences
أَشْعُرُ بِتَوَتُّرٍ.
I feel tense.
يَزْدادُ التَّوَتُّرُ قَبْلَ الِامْتِحانِ.
Tension rises before the exam.
سَبَّبَ الِاجْتِماعُ تَوَتُّراً بَيْنَ الزُّمَلاءِ.
The meeting caused tension among the colleagues.
تَصاعَدَ التَّوَتُّرُ السِّياسِيُّ بَيْنَ البَلَدَيْنِ خِلالَ الأُسْبوعِ الماضي.
Political tension escalated between the two countries over the past week.
يُحاوِلُ الوَسيطُ تَخْفيفَ حِدَّةِ التَّوَتُّرِ الدِّبْلوماسِيِّ قَبْلَ انْدِلاعِ أَزْمَةٍ أَكْبَر.
The mediator is trying to ease the diplomatic tension before a bigger crisis breaks out.
عَلى الرَّغْمِ مِنَ التَّصْريحاتِ المُهَدِّئَةِ، ظَلَّ التَّوَتُّرُ الكامِنُ بَيْنَ الطَّرَفَيْنِ يُنْذِرُ بِانْفِجارٍ وَشيكٍ.
Despite the calming statements, the latent tension between the two sides kept warning of an imminent explosion.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | تَوَتُّرٌ | تَوَتُّراتٌ |
| Genitive | تَوَتُّرٍ | تَوَتُّراتٍ |
| Accusative | تَوَتُّراً | تَوَتُّراتٍ |
| Vocative | يا تَوَتُّرُ | يا تَوَتُّراتُ |
Word family
وَتَرstring, chord, tendon
تَوَتَّرَto become tense, to tighten
مُتَوَتِّرtense, strained, nervous
وَتَّرَto string (a bow), to tighten
تَوْتِيرthe act of tightening or stringing
Etymology
تَوَتُّر comes from the Semitic root و-ت-ر, whose core noun وَتَر (watar) means a bowstring, a chord, or a tendon. The verb تَوَتَّرَ (Form V) describes something pulled taut like a string. Its verbal noun تَوَتُّر came to mean the state of being stretched tight, and by extension, physical, nervous, or political tension.
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