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(grammar) A verb tense indicating action in the past and marked by verb inflection; the preterite.

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preterite tense

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(grammar) A verb tense indicating action in the past and marked by verb inflection; the preterite.

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過去形：動詞の語形変化により過去の動作や状態を表す時制 / 過去時制：文法上、過去の事象を示すための時制

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In the lecture, the professor explained how the preterite tense signals completed actions in narratives.

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講義で教授は、物語において動詞の語形変化によって作られる過去形が完了した動作を示すことを説明しました。

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(grammar) A verb tense indicating action in the past and marked by verb inflection; the preterite.

The relation between tense and time in English, however, is by no means straightforward, as we saw in Ch. 1, §3, and it is important to be aware that preterite tense does not always signal past time.

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preterite tenses

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