preterite or preterit /pretˈə-rit/

1. Denoting a verb tense used to express past action (grammar)
2. Past, belonging to the past

1. This tense of verbs, the past tense (also preterite tense)
2. A word in this tense
3. A form of this tense

pretˈerist noun (theology)

Someone who holds the prophecies of the Apocalypse already fulfilled

pretˈeriteness noun

preterition /prē-tə-rishˈən/ noun

1. The act of passing over
2. Omission of mention in a will
3. Paraleipsis (rhetoric)
4. The doctrine that God passes over the non-elect in electing to eternal life

preteritive /pri-terˈi-tiv/ adjective (grammar)

Used only in the preterite

preterˈito-presˈent, preterˈito-presenˈtial or pretˈerite-presˈent adjective (grammar)

Used of verbs that have an original preterite still preterite in form but present in meaning such as the modal or modal auxiliary verbs

noun

A verb of this type

• operands
• operant
• operant conditioning
• operants
• operas
• opera seria
• opera singer
• opera singers
• operate
• operated
• operates
• operatic
• operatically
• operating
• operating room
• operating rooms
• operating system
• operating systems
• operating table
• operating tables
• operating theatre
• operating theatres
• operation
• operational
• operational amplifier