Preterite
noun, Grammar.
1.
past (def 12).
2.
a preterit tense.
3.
a verb form in this tense.
adjective
4.
Grammar. noting a past action or state.
5.
Archaic. bygone; past.
noun
1.
a tense of verbs used to relate past action, formed in English by inflection of the verb, as jumped, swam
2.
a verb in this tense
adjective
3.
denoting this tense
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