Meaning

1 senses

  1. To to end the life of something; to kill.

Examples

8 sentences

  1. Sami was talking in the past tense.

    ruСами говорил в прошедшем времени.

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  2. Is the past tense of "gaslight" "gaslit" or "gaslighted"?

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  3. Why are you talking about communism in the past tense?

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  4. "Past tense" is used in connection with actions in the past.

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  5. Why are future tenses a lot easier to learn than present and past tenses?

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Forms

past tenses, past tensing, past tensed, past tensed
Base formpast tense · to past tense
3rd person singularpast tenses
Present participlepast tensing
Past simplepast tensed
Past participlepast tensed

regular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theypast tense
he, she, itpast tenses

Past simpleLesson

all personspast tensed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave past tensed
he, she, ithas past tensed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill past tense

Word family

4 related words
Relatedaoristpast continuouspast perfectpreterite

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
pastA1pastaA2pastepastel
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