Preterit is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for PRETERIT in dictionary:

NOUN:
• the grammatical tense signifying past time or a completed action, also PRETERITE
• a simple past tense or form.
• The preterit; also, a word in the preterit tense.
• a term formerly used to refer to the simple past tense
ADJECTIVE:
• expressing a past action or state.
• Past; -- applied to a tense which expresses an action or state as past.
• Belonging wholly to the past; passed by.
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• a past tense in grammar
• same as preterite

Words related to PRETERIT

preterite11 preterits11

Words that contain PRETERIT

preterite11 preterits11 preterites12 preterition13 preteritive16 preteritions14 preteriteness15 preteritenesses17

How to use PRETERIT in a sentence

• In this Latinism the preterit denotes that a thing or condition that once existed no longer exists.
• The passive voice is formed by joining the participle preterit to the substantive verb, as I am loved.
• The passive is formed by the addition of the participle preterit to the different tenses of the verb to be, which must therefore be here exhibited.
• Wallis to be irregular only in the formation of the preterit, and its participle.
• THE IMPERFECT AND THE PRETERIT PAGE 10, LINES 7-19 1.

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