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
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