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Meaning of preterit

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

preterit

noun

Definitions

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

adjective

Definitions

  1. (grammar, of a tense) showing an action at a determined moment in the past.

  2. Belonging wholly to the past; passed by.

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