Meaning of "tempest" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TEMPEST

From Old French tempeste, from Latin tempestās storm, from tempus time.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF TEMPEST

tempest  [ˈtɛmpɪst]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TEMPEST

Tempest is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb tempest in English.

WHAT DOES TEMPEST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Tempest

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Definition of tempest in the English dictionary

The first definition of tempest in the dictionary is a violent wind or storm. Other definition of tempest is a violent commotion, uproar, or disturbance. Tempest is also to agitate or disturb violently.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO TEMPEST

PRESENT

Present

I tempest

you tempest

he/she/it tempests

we tempest

you tempest

they tempest

Present continuous

I am tempesting

you are tempesting

he/she/it is tempesting

we are tempesting

you are tempesting

they are tempesting

Present perfect

I have tempested

you have tempested

he/she/it has tempested

we have tempested

you have tempested

they have tempested

Present perfect continuous

I have been tempesting

you have been tempesting

he/she/it has been tempesting

we have been tempesting

you have been tempesting

they have been tempesting

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I tempested

you tempested

he/she/it tempested

we tempested

you tempested

they tempested

Past continuous

I was tempesting

you were tempesting

he/she/it was tempesting

we were tempesting

you were tempesting

they were tempesting

Past perfect

I had tempested

you had tempested

he/she/it had tempested

we had tempested

you had tempested

they had tempested

Past perfect continuous

I had been tempesting

you had been tempesting

he/she/it had been tempesting

we had been tempesting

you had been tempesting

they had been tempesting

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will tempest

you will tempest

he/she/it will tempest

we will tempest

you will tempest

they will tempest

Future continuous

I will be tempesting

you will be tempesting

he/she/it will be tempesting

we will be tempesting

you will be tempesting

they will be tempesting

Future perfect

I will have tempested

you will have tempested

he/she/it will have tempested

we will have tempested

you will have tempested

they will have tempested

Future perfect continuous

I will have been tempesting

you will have been tempesting

he/she/it will have been tempesting

we will have been tempesting

you will have been tempesting

they will have been tempesting

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would tempest

you would tempest

he/she/it would tempest

we would tempest

you would tempest

they would tempest

Conditional continuous

I would be tempesting

you would be tempesting

he/she/it would be tempesting

we would be tempesting

you would be tempesting

they would be tempesting

Conditional perfect

I would have tempest

you would have tempest

he/she/it would have tempest

we would have tempest

you would have tempest

they would have tempest

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been tempesting

you would have been tempesting

he/she/it would have been tempesting

we would have been tempesting

you would have been tempesting

they would have been tempesting

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you tempest
we let´s tempest
you tempest

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to tempest

Past participle

tempested

Present Participle

tempesting

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «TEMPEST»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «tempest» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of tempest

commotion · cyclone · disturbance · ferment · furore · gale · hurricane · squall · storm · tornado · tumult · typhoon · upheaval · uproar

TRANSLATION OF TEMPEST

Find out the translation of tempest to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of tempest from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tempest» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 暴风雨
• Translator English - Spanish: tempestad
• English: tempest
• Translator English - Hindi: आंधी
• Translator English - Arabic: العاصفة
• Translator English - Russian: буря
• Translator English - Portuguese: tempestade
• Translator English - Bengali: প্রচণ্ড ঝড়
• Translator English - French: tempête
• Translator English - Malay: Angin ribut
• Translator English - German: Sturm
• Translator English - Japanese: 嵐
• Translator English - Korean: 폭풍우
• Translator English - Javanese: Prahara
• Translator English - Vietnamese: bao tố
• Translator English - Tamil: பெருங்காற்று
• Translator English - Marathi: वादळे
• Translator English - Turkish: fırtına
• Translator English - Italian: tempesta
• Translator English - Polish: burza
• Translator English - Ukrainian: буря
• Translator English - Romanian: furtună
• Translator English - Greek: τρικυμία
• Translator English - Afrikaans: storm
• Translator English - Swedish: tempest
• Translator English - Norwegian: Tempest

5 QUOTES WITH «TEMPEST»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word tempest.

1

Will Carleton

Worm or beetle - drought or tempest - on a farmer's land may fall, Each is loaded full o' ruin, but a mortgage beats 'em all.

2

Daphne Guinness

A marriage is a solemn affair. The tempest of emotions and the myriad of arrangements are giddying, and when one is faced with these, clothing seems to be the last of one's priorities.

3

Dean Koontz

When tempest tossed, embrace chaos.

4

Charles de Saint-Evremond

Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempest.

5

Albert Schweitzer

The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TEMPEST»

Discover the use of tempest in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tempest and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Tempest: Star Wars (Legacy of the Force)

Features a bonus section following the novel that includes a primer on the Star Wars expanded universe, and over half a dozen excerpts from some of the most popular Star Wars books of the last thirty years!

Troy Denning, 2008

The Tempest and Its Travels

"The Tempest" is widely seen as Shakespeare's crowning work in the canon of English literature, and this book offers a new map of the island, consisting of an innovative collection of historical, critical and creative readings, juxtaposing ...

Peter Hulme, William Howard Sherman, 2000

The Tempest: Third Series

This edition of The Tempest provides a clear and authoritative text, edited to the highest standards of scholarship, and includes an in-depth survey of critical approaches to the play.

William Shakespeare, Virginia Mason Vaughan, Alden T. Vaughan, 1999

Tempest Rising

As her seventeenth birthday approaches, half-mermaid Tempest Maguire will have to make a decision.

Tracy Deebs, 2011

The Tempest for Kids

A retelling in rhymed couplets of Shakespeare's play about an enchanted island is accompanied by illustrations created by the author's students.

Lois Burdett, William Shakespeare, 1999

The Tempest Tales: A Novel-in-Stories

Refusing to go to hell in spite of his technical disqualification from heaven, murdered African-American everyman Tempest Landry is sent back to Harlem, where a guiding angel tries to convince him to accept judgment.

Walter Mosley, 2009

Tempest at Dawn

Fifty-five men came to Philadelphia in May of 1787 with a congressional charter to revise the Articles of Confederation. Instead they founded the longest lasting republic in world history. "Tempest at Dawn" tells their story.

James D. Best, 2010

The Tempest

An abridged version of Shakespeare's play, in which a party of nobles is washed ashore on a mystical island, summoned by a former noble turned magician.

William Shakespeare, Brady Timoney, 2004

William Shakespeare's The Tempest

To Make Shakespeare Comprehensible To The Eager Student Is A Challenging Task And This Is What The Present Work Sets Out To Do. It Provides The Reader With The Life And Short Notes On The Works Of Shakespeare As Well As His Socio-Political ...

Ratri Ray, 2007

Tempest in the Caribbean

Tempest in the Caribbean reads some of the "classic" anticolonial texts--by Aime Cesaire, Roberto Fernandez Retamar, George Lamming, and Frantz Fanon, for instance--through the lens of feminist and queer analysis exemplified by the ...

Jonathan Goldberg, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TEMPEST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tempest is used in the context of the following news items.

Murder conviction vacated man in jail for 23 years: Raymond Tempest

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A Superior Court judge on Monday agreed to vacate Raymond D. “Beaver” Tempest's conviction for the 1982 murder of Doreen C. Picard ... «The Providence Journal, Jul 15»

New York Theater Review: 'The Tempest' With Sam Waterston

“The Tempest” and Central Park were made for each other, so it must have taken a Herculean effort on the part of director Michael Greif to drain Shakespeare's ... «Variety, Jun 15»

Kate Tempest: 'When You're Writing, It's Not About You'

Kate Tempest is a woman of words. The English rapper, poet, playwright and novelist keeps language — and the stories that language brings to life — at the ... «NPR, Jun 15»

From Kate Tempest To Torres, Female Artists Shone At SXSW

2015's South By Southwest music festival is in the books. Few people consume that event quite like NPR's Bob Boilen from All Songs Considered. As he pored ... «NPR, Mar 15»

Atari to indie dev: Stop ripping off your own work on Tempest 2000

The apparent similarities between Tempest 2000 and TxK are perhaps unsurprising, given that Minter single-handedly did the coding on both games, the former ... «Ars Technica, Mar 15»

Last Words With RuPaul's Drag Race's Tempest DuJour

Tempest DuJour, a 47-year-old native of Arizona, was the first contestant to sashay away, but not before enduring some shady commentary on age and ability by ... «Advocate.com, Mar 15»

Kate Tempest, Bongo Club, review: Mercury Prize frontrunner gives …

Was it fitting that, in the days leading up to her appearance at the Mercury Prize 2014 ceremony in London, poet Kate Tempest was giving a reading with the ... «The Independent, Oct 14»

Playing Tricks

Now the two men have teamed up again for "The Tempest," to which Mr. Teller's special skills are, if anything, even better suited, and the results are no less ... «Wall Street Journal, May 14»

ART conjures a 'Tempest' of magic

The casting and conception of Prospero's spirit sidekick, Ariel, is always a key to a production of “The Tempest,” and Nate Dendy is terrific both at the magic and ... «Boston Globe, May 14»

For Shakespeare's 450th Birthday, Here's An Unusual Tempest

And after all these years, The Tempest is still so magical it can make Teller talk. A new Las Vegas production of Shakespeare's final fantasy has a creative team ... «NPR, Apr 14»