What is the meaning of Preterit?

  • (n.) The preterit; also, a word in the preterit tense.
  • (a.) Belonging wholly to the past; passed by.
  • (a.) Past; -- applied to a tense which expresses an action or state as past.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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APAWebster's. (2011). preterit. Retrieved September 23, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/preterit/definitions/2049021
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