preterite
A grammatical tense or verb form serving to denote events that took place or were…A grammatical tense or verb form serving to denote events that took place or were completed in the past.
» Sometimes Tom uses the preterite incorrectly.
Meaning
1 sensesA grammatical tense or verb form serving to denote events that took place or were completed in the past.
Mitvergangenheit, Präteritum
проше́дшее вре́мяprošédšeje vrémja, прете́ритpretɛ́rit
- a term formerly used to refer to the simple past tense
Examples
3 sentencesSometimes Tom uses the preterite incorrectly.
Sometimes Tom uses the preterite (past) incorrectly.
An "experience" is a nightmare in preterite tense.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English preterit, from Old French preterit (13th century), from Latin praeteriFrom Middle English preterit, from Old French preterit (13th century), from Latin praeteritum (as in tempus praeteritum (“time past”)), the past participle of praetereō (“to go by, go past”), itself from praeter (“beyond, before, above, more than”) (comparative of prae (“before”)) + itum (the past participle of eō (“to go”)).
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Forms
plural: preteritesSynonyms
2 synonyms- a term formerly used to refer to the simple past tense:preterit