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PRETERITE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does preterite mean?
• PRETERITE (noun)
The noun PRETERITE has 1 sense:
1. a term formerly used to refer to the simple past tense
Familiarity information: PRETERITE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A term formerly used to refer to the simple past tense
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Synonyms:
preterit; preterite
Hypernyms ("preterite" is a kind of...):
past; past tense (a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past)
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"He who digs a pit for another falls into it himself." (Czech proverb)