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1. (n.) preterit
a verb tense referring to a past, esp. completed, action or state, and expressed in English by using a verb inflected for the past tense with no auxiliaries; simple past.
2. preterit
a verb form in this tense, as took or
lived.
3. (adj.) preterit
(of a verb tense or form) expressing a past action or state.
4. preterit
Archaic. bygone; past.
Etymology: (1300–50; ME < L praeteritus, past, ptp. of praeterīre to go by =praeter-preter - +īre to go; as tense name < L (tempus) praeteritum)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) preterit, preterite
a term formerly used to refer to the simple past tense
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1. (adj) preterit
past; -- applied to a tense which expresses an action or state as past
2. (adj) preterit
belonging wholly to the past; passed by
3. (noun) preterit
the preterit; also, a word in the preterit tense
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