PRETERIT Definition & Meaning

preterit

or ��·��·��ٱ�

[ pret-er-it ]

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noun

Grammar.

in English, the simple past, or an instance or form of a specific verb in the simple past, such as ate or walked.
a verb tense, construction, or form in another language with a meaning similar to that of the simple past in English.

adjective

Grammar. designating a verb tense expressing a past action or state.
Archaic. bygone; past.

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Other �y��vlog Forms

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of preterit¹

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English, from Latin praeteritus “past, gone by,” past participle of ��ٱ��ī�� “to go by,” from praeter- preter- + ī�� “to go”; as tense name, from Latin (tempus) praeteritum “(time) past”

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Example Sentences

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The mountaineers who seem to have retained the older forms of the tongue use the itz, not only in the preterit, but in the present and future.

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They form their preterit and frequently their past participle by changing the radical vowel of the present stem.

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Harmony is restored if you make out of the preterit a pluperfect, and read the passage thus:—When Noah was five hundred years old he had begotten Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

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We have also atlaça, to combat or be in agony; it means likewise to hurl or dart from the water, and in the preterit makes atlaz.

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For the preterit Reba is added to the preterit indicative; e.g.,

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