PRETERITE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A term formerly used to refer to the simple past tense

Synonyms:

preterit; preterite

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Hypernyms ("preterite" is a kind of...):

past; past tense (a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past)

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