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(grammar) A grammatical tense or verb form serving to denote events that took place or were completed in the past.

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preterite

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Source Word

preterite

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈpɹɛtəɹət/

Japanese Meaning

過去の出来事や完了した動作を示すための動詞の活用形、すなわち単純過去形としての機能を持つ。

What is this buttons?

In the linguistics seminar, the professor explained how the preterite differs from the imperfect in indicating completed actions.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

言語学のセミナーで、教授は完了した動作を示す点で単純過去形が未完了過去とどのように異なるかを説明した。

Sense（1）

When simple verbs redouble the preterite, the compounds drop the first syllable, as: Pello, pĕpŭli, to drive away, to beat back; Repello, rĕpŭli, and not rĕpĕpŭli, to drive back, to repel.

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preterites

（ plural ）

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