Associations to the word «Preterite»
Noun
Adjective
- Tense
- Indicative
- Modal
- Imperfect
- Plural
- Germanic
- Conditional
- Past
- Grammatical
- Auxiliary
- Singular
- Dental
- Perfect
- Irregular
- Weak
- Verbal
- Present
- Simple
- Gothic
- Formed
- Latin
- Future
- Strong
- English
- Spanish
- Marked
- Catalan
- Used
- Romance
- Proto
- German
- Class
- Passive
- Identical
- Negative
- Corresponding
- Meaning
- Frequent
- Continuous
- Portuguese
- Expressed
- Literary
- Regular
- Third
- Express
- 3rd
Adverb
Wiktionary
PRETERITE, adjective. (grammar) (of a tense) showing an action at a determined moment in the past.
PRETERITE, adjective. Belonging wholly to the past; passed by.
PRETERITE, noun. (grammar) The preterite tense, simple past tense: the grammatical tense that determines the specific initiation or termination of an action in the past.
Dictionary definition
PRETERITE, noun. A term formerly used to refer to the simple past tense.
Wise words
Watch your thoughts, they become your words. Watch your
words, they become your actions. Watch your actions, they
become your habits. Watch your habits, they become your
character. Watch your character, it becomes your destiny.