preterite
1 synonym for preterite, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Adj — Describing an action that took place at a specific point in the past.
Synonyms
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
Etymology
This word came into English via Middle English preterit, from Old French preterit (13th century), from Latin praeteritum (as in tempus praeteritum, “time past”), the past participle of praetereō (“to go by, go past”), itself from praeter (“beyond, before, above, more than”, the comparative of prae, “before”) and itum (...
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