Example sentences from the Web for preterite

The weak verbs form their preterite by the addition of the syllable -te, and their past participle by means of a t-suffix.
A Middle High German Primer|Joseph Wright
Thus het, as the preterite of to heat, no doubt owes its existence to the example of et, the vulgar preterite of to eat.
The American Language|Henry L. Mencken
The preterite of the German dialect is formed by adding ium to the imperative, which is always the root of the verb.
Carmen|Prosper Merimee
This is the preterite êth with the particle re and s (j), for th, prefixed.
A Handbook of the Cornish Language|Henry Jenner

The preterite subjunctive is often expressed by should and would with an infinitive, as in Modern English.
Anglo-Saxon Primer|Henry Sweet

preterite

US preterit

grammar

noun

a tense of verbs used to relate past action, formed in English by inflection of the verb, as jumped, swam

a verb in this tense

adjective

denoting this tense

Word Origin for preterite

C14: from Late Latin praeteritum (tempus) past (time, tense), from Latin praeterīre to go by, from preter- + īre to go

Words nearby preterite

pretentious, preter-, preterhuman, preterist, preterit, preterite, preterition, preteritive, preterlegal, preterm, preterm infant

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	preterite
释义	Example sentences from the Web for preterite The weak verbs form their preterite by the addition of the syllable -te, and their past participle by means of a t-suffix. A Middle High German Primer\|Joseph Wright Thus het, as the preterite of to heat, no doubt owes its existence to the example of et, the vulgar preterite of to eat. The American Language\|Henry L. Mencken The preterite of the German dialect is formed by adding ium to the imperative, which is always the root of the verb. Carmen\|Prosper Merimee This is the preterite êth with the particle re and s (j), for th, prefixed. A Handbook of the Cornish Language\|Henry Jenner The preterite subjunctive is often expressed by should and would with an infinitive, as in Modern English. Anglo-Saxon Primer\|Henry Sweet preterite US preterit grammar noun a tense of verbs used to relate past action, formed in English by inflection of the verb, as jumped, swam a verb in this tense adjective denoting this tense Word Origin for preterite C14: from Late Latin praeteritum (tempus) past (time, tense), from Latin praeterīre to go by, from preter- + īre to go Words nearby preterite pretentious, preter-, preterhuman, preterist, preterit, preterite, preterition, preteritive, preterlegal, preterm, preterm infant Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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