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
Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable
fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those
symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated
by the inaudible language of the heart.