preterite

Speech parts

1. preterite - Noun

2. preterite - Adjective

Meaning

Same as Preterit.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

bygone preterit past gone backward departed foregone subjunctive pt past tense pt.

Hypernyms

past past tense

Related terms

preterition preteritive preterite tense

Anagrams

Pierrette tipteerer

Examples

All except preterite class VI have a common set of endings that stem from the PIE perfect endings, although with significant innovations. Source: Internet

First person present tense — a convention that makes sense in French, which hates its preterite, but none in English, where our present is present progressive: Not “I pick up the envelope from the table” but “I am picking up the envelope from the table.” Source: Internet

In some, it has taken the place of the old preterite (at least in the vernacular); in others, the two coexist with somewhat different meanings (cf. Source: Internet

The imperative classes tend to share the same suffix as the corresponding preterite (if any), but to have root vocalism that matches the vocalism of a verb's subjunctive. Source: Internet

The preterite is also called the simple past, a translation of its French name (le passé simple). Source: Internet

The simple (one-word) forms are commonly referred to as the present, the simple past or preterite The preterite and imperfect are sometimes called, somewhat redundantly, the preterite past and imperfect past. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

preterism preterist preterit preterite tense preterite-present preterite-present verb