past tense

Noun

Meaning

a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

past preterite ancient history present perfect past perfect blast from the past preterit passage of time old news earlier times last stretch indefinite tense all in the past at the past has done in the past
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Antonyms

future modern times modern world modern history soon-to-be in the foreseeable future
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Hypernyms

tense

Hyponyms

preterite preterit

Examples

Everything is beautiful. We have all this beauty in the world and all we have to do is reach out and touch it, it is all there and all ours for the taking." -- Cecilia to Henry Chinaski, liberty taken changing past tense to present tense (173) Charles Bukowski

Nothing is Improbable until it moves into the Past Tense. George Ade

Loved. You can't use it in the past tense. Death does not stop that love at all. Ken Kesey

Shoulda, coulda, woulda. It's so easy in the past tense. Sarah Dessen

I would not admire hitting against Ryne Duren, because if he ever hit you in the head you might be in the past tense. Casey Stengel

But two or three days later I was talking about the whole thing in the past tense. Ram Dass

Close letter words and terms

past style past subject past teens past the usual closing time past the usual finishing time past the usual stopping time