past imperfect tense

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A grammatical tense which expresses the past as an action which was still going on at the point in time described, say someone "was ...ing" something, as opposed to the already accomplished counterpart past perfect tense (where the action took place even further in the past)

Word forms

past imperfect tense past imperfect tenses
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