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preterite

/ ˈ±è°ùÉ›³ÙÉ™°ùɪ³Ù /

noun

  1. a tense of verbs used to relate past action, formed in English by inflection of the verb, as jumped, swam
  2. a verb in this tense
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adjective

  1. denoting this tense
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of preterite1

C14: from Late Latin praeteritum ( tempus ) past (time, tense), from Latin ±è°ù²¹±ð³Ù±ð°ùÄ«°ù±ð to go by, from preter- + Ä«°ù±ð to go
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Example Sentences

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The present tense too is far more pleasant and less monotonous than the preterite.

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And what are we preterite souls left to do but open our browsers each morning with that sickly tinge of disaster anticipation we've become habituated to since Sept.

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In the case of certain Greek verbs, the preterite in form is invariably present in signification.

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The boys of the different schools vie with each other in verses; or dispute; or dispute on the principles of grammar, or the rules of preterites and supines.â€

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Its inflections are -as present, -is preterite, -os future, -us conditional, -u imperative and subjunctive, -i infinitive, together with the following participles:—   Active.

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