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PRETERIT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does preterit mean? 

PRETERIT (noun)
  The noun PRETERIT has 1 sense:

1. a term formerly used to refer to the simple past tenseplay

  Familiarity information: PRETERIT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PRETERIT (noun)


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 ("preterit" is a kind of...):

past; past tense (a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past)


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