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Preterite - What does it mean?

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preterite

English

Alternative forms

* preterit (US) * praeterite * (archaic) *

Adjective

(-)
  • (grammar, of a tense) showing an action at a determined moment in the past.
  • Belonging wholly to the past; passed by.
  • * Lowell
    • Things and persons as thoroughly preterite as Romulus or Numa.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (grammar) The preterite tense, simple past tense: the grammatical tense that determines the specific initiation or termination of an action in the past.

    • Related terms

    * preterition * preteritive

    Not English

    has no English definition. It may be misspelled.