Preterite in English
- preterite⇄adj. 1. (Grammar.) expressing past time.
2. (Obsolete.) bygone; past. - preterite⇄noun (Grammar.) a tense (preterit tense) or verb form that expresses occurrence in the past; past tense. (Examples:) ?Obeyed is the preterit of ?obey; spoke, of ?speak; and ?saw, of ?see. See also past tense.
- preterite⇄preterit orpreterite, noun, adjective.