What does tension mean?
1 : the act of straining or stretching : the condition of being strained or stretched I adjusted the strap’s tension. 2 : a state of worry or nervousness. 3 : a state of unfriendliness There was tension between the two groups.
How do you say the word tension?
Is the H silent in human?
H is silent in many English words, for various reasons. Not all such words that have come into English from French still have a silent h, however. Over the centuries we have come to pronounce the h in words like horrible, hospital, host, human, and humour.