preterite
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈpɹɛtəɹət/, /ˈpɹɛtəɹɪt/
preterite (not comparable)
- (grammar, of a tense) showing an action at a determined moment in the past.
- Belonging wholly to the past; passed by.
- (belonging wholly to the past) bygone, foregone; see also Thesaurus:past
preterite (plural preterites)
(grammar) The preterite tense, simple past tense: the grammatical tense that determines the specific initiation or termination of an action in the past.
- French: prétérit
- German: Präteritum
- Portuguese: pretérito
- Russian: проше́дшее вре́мя
- Spanish: preterito
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