English Explanatory Dictionary

simple past

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A tense used to describe something that happened in the past, formed by the inflection of a single word, without any auxiliary verb such as be or have.

Word forms

simple past simple pasts

Etymology

“Simple” because the tense is formed without any auxiliary verb.

Synonyms

preterite preterit

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