English Explanatory Dictionary

preterite tense

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A verb tense indicating action in the past and marked by verb inflection; the preterite.

Word forms

preterite tense preterite tenses

Etymology

See preterite.

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on P Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary