Preterite vs Imperative - What's the difference?
preterite | imperative |
(grammar, of a tense) showing an action at a determined moment in the past.
Belonging wholly to the past; passed by.
* Lowell
(grammar) The preterite tense, simple past tense: the grammatical tense that determines the specific initiation or termination of an action in the past.
essential
(computing theory) Having a semantics that incorporates mutable variables.
(grammar) of, or relating to the imperative mood
Expressing a command; authoritatively or absolutely directive.
* Bishop Hall
(uncountable, grammar) The grammatical mood expressing an order (see jussive). In English, the imperative form of a verb is the same as that of the bare infinitive.
(countable, grammar) A verb in imperative mood.
(countable) An essential action, a must: something which is imperative.
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In grammar terms the difference between preterite and imperative
is that preterite is the preterite tense, simple past tense: the grammatical tense that determines the specific initiation or termination of an action in the past while imperative is of, or relating to the imperative mood.preterite
English
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* preterit (US) * praeterite * (archaic) *Adjective
(-)- Things and persons as thoroughly preterite as Romulus or Numa.
Noun
(en noun)imperative
English
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*Adjective
(en adjective)- It is imperative that you come here right now.
- imperative orders
- The suits of kings are imperative .
Noun
- The verbs in sentences like "Do it!" and "Say what you like!" are in the imperative .
- Visiting Berlin is an imperative .