1syllable
preterite
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Definitions ofpreterite
1noun
- (grammar) The preterite tense, simple past tense: the grammatical tense that determines the specific initiation or termination of an action in the past.
1adjective
- (grammar, of a tense) showing an action at a determined moment in the past.
- Belonging wholly to the past; passed by.
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