Definition of Preterite. Meaning of Preterite. Synonyms of Preterite

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Definition of Preterite

Preterite
Preterite Pret"er*ite, a. & n. Same as Preterit.

Meaning of Preterite from wikipedia

- The preterite or preterit (/ˈprɛtərɪt/ PRET-ər-it; abbreviated PRET or PRT) is a grammatical tense or verb form serving to denote events that took place...
- tenses: present (also conveying ****ure meaning) and past (sometimes called "preterite" and conveying the meaning of all of the following English forms: "I did...
- lack of a preterite (see its etymology below) means that it neither p****es nor fails one of the criteria Even for lexical verbs, preterite forms have...
- verb except be, the preterite (simple past tense) of go is not etymologically related to its infinitive. Instead, the preterite of go, went, descends...
- preterite: gaf; English: infinitive: (to) give, preterite: gave; German: infinitive: geben, preterite: gab; Icelandic: infinitive: gefa, preterite: gaf;...
- Aspect: perfective or imperfective (distinguished only in the past tense as preterite and imperfect) Voice: active or p****ive The modern Spanish verb paradigm...
- upon the formation of the preterite: strong and weak. Strong verbs exhibit an alternation of the stem vowel in the preterite and past participle (called...
- vowels of the singular and plural preterite forms. The new uniform preterite could be based on the vowel of the old preterite singular, on the old plural,...
- verbs, the prin****l parts of all other English verbs are the infinitive, preterite and past participle. All forms of these English verbs can be derived from...
- All e-verbs (with -de in preterite) and j-verbs get the following inflections: All other e-verbs (those with -te in preterite) get the following inflections:...