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Rarepreterit
The correct spelling is preterit.
How to pronounce preterit
noun
Say it like: Pre-ter-it
The correct spelling is preterit. (grammar) The preterite tense, simple past tense: the grammatical tense that determines the specific initiation or termination of an action in the past.
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Meanings
noun
- 1.(grammar) The preterite tense, simple past tense: the grammatical tense that determines the specific initiation or termination of an action in the past.
adjective
- 1.(grammar, of a tense) showing an action at a determined moment in the past.
- 2.Belonging wholly to the past; passed by.
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