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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)