Exact Match:
- preterit
- a term formerly used to refer to the simple past tense
Synonyms:
- no synonyms found
Related Words:
- imperfect
collapse - not perfect; defective or inadequate; "had only an imperfect understanding of his responsibilities"; "imperfect mortals"; "drainage here is imperfect" related words >
- adulterated,
- aggravated,
- amiss,
- aorist,
- base,
- blemished,
- broken,
- burned,
- burst,
- busted,
- checked,
- chipped,
- cracked,
- crazed,
- cut,
- damaged,
- defective,
- deficient,
- deteriorated,
- durative,
- embittered,
- erroneous,
- exacerbated,
- failing,
- fallible,
- faulty,
- flawed,
- found wanting,
- future,
- future perfect,
- harmed,
- historical present,
- hurt,
- immature,
- impaired,
- imprecise,
- impure,
- in bits,
- in pieces,
- in shards,
- inaccurate,
- inadequate,
- incompetent,
- incomplete,
- inexact,
- injured,
- insufficient,
- irritated,
- lacerated,
- lacking,
- little,
- makeshift,
- maladroit,
- mangled,
- mean,
- mediocre,
- mixed,
- mutilated,
- not comparable,
- not enough,
- not in it,
- not perfect,
- off,
- out of it,
- partial,
- past,
- past perfect,
- patchy,
- perfect,
- petty,
- pluperfect,
- point tense,
- present,
- present perfect,
- preterit,
- progressive tense,
- rent,
- ruptured,
- scalded,
- scorched,
- shabby,
- shattered,
- short,
- sick,
- sketchy,
- slashed,
- slit,
- small,
- smashed,
- split,
- sprung,
- tense,
- the worse for,
- too little,
- torn,
- trivial,
- undeveloped,
- unequal to,
- uneven,
- unfinished,
- unperfected,
- unqualified,
- unsatisfactory,
- unsatisfying,
- unskillful,
- unsound,
- unsufficing,
- unthorough,
- wanting,
- weakened,
- worse,
- worse off,
- worsened
- past
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- a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past
- the time that has elapsed; "forget the past"
- a earlier period in someone's life (especially one that they have reason to keep secret); "reporters dug into the candidate's past"
- earlier than the present time; no longer current; "time past"; "his youth is past"; "this past Thursday"; "the past year"
- a verb tense or other construction referring to events or states that existed at some previous time; "past participle" related words >
- above,
- above and beyond,
- across,
- after,
- ago,
- ancient,
- antecedent,
- anterior,
- antiquated,
- antique,
- antiquity,
- aorist,
- aoristic,
- background,
- before,
- behind,
- beyond,
- biography,
- blown over,
- by,
- bygone,
- bygone days,
- bypast,
- career,
- chronology,
- close by,
- continuity,
- dated,
- days beyond recall,
- days gone by,
- days of old,
- days of yore,
- dead,
- dead and buried,
- dead and gone,
- deceased,
- defunct,
- departed,
- disused,
- done,
- duration,
- durative,
- duree,
- early,
- elapsed,
- erstwhile,
- existence,
- expired,
- extinct,
- finished,
- fore,
- foregoing,
- foretime,
- forgotten,
- former,
- former times,
- future,
- future perfect,
- gone,
- gone glimmering,
- gone out,
- gone-by,
- has-been,
- heretofore,
- historical present,
- history,
- immemorial,
- imperfect,
- in excess of,
- irrecoverable,
- lang syne,
- lapsed,
- last,
- lastingness,
- late,
- later than,
- life,
- lifetime,
- nearby,
- no more,
- obsolete,
- old,
- old times,
- olden,
- olden times,
- on,
- once,
- onetime,
- out,
- out of style,
- out of use,
- outside,
- outworn,
- over,
- over and above,
- passe,
- passed,
- passed away,
- past perfect,
- perfect,
- perfective,
- period,
- pluperfect,
- point tense,
- precedent,
- prehistoric,
- present,
- present perfect,
- preterit,
- preteritive,
- previous,
- primeval,
- primitive,
- prior,
- progressive tense,
- psychological time,
- quondam,
- recent,
- run out,
- since,
- sometime,
- space,
- space-time,
- subsequent to,
- tense,
- term,
- the future,
- the past,
- the present,
- then,
- tide,
- time,
- timebinding,
- too deep for,
- vanished,
- while,
- whilom,
- without,
- wound up,
- yesterday,
- yesteryear,
- yore
- future
collapse
- bulk commodities bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date
- a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future
- the time yet to come
- yet to be or coming; "some future historian will evaluate him"
- effective in or looking toward the future; "he was preparing for future employment opportunities"
- a verb tense or other formation referring to events or states that have not yet happened; "future auxiliary" related words >
- Friday,
- Friday the thirteenth,
- about to be,
- affianced,
- aftertime,
- afterward,
- already in sight,
- aorist,
- appointed lot,
- approaching,
- astral influences,
- astrology,
- at hand,
- betrothed,
- book of fate,
- brewing,
- bride-to-be,
- by-and-by,
- close,
- close at hand,
- coming,
- constellation,
- cup,
- desired,
- destinal,
- destination,
- destined,
- destiny,
- determined,
- dies funestis,
- doom,
- durative,
- emergent,
- end,
- eventual,
- expected,
- extrapolated,
- fatal,
- fatality,
- fate,
- fated,
- fatidic,
- fiance,
- fiancee,
- following,
- foredoom,
- forthcoming,
- fortune,
- future perfect,
- futuristic,
- gathering,
- going to happen,
- hereafter,
- historical present,
- hoped-for,
- ides of March,
- immediate,
- imminent,
- impendent,
- impending,
- imperfect,
- in danger imminent,
- in prospect,
- in reserve,
- in store,
- in the cards,
- in the offing,
- in the wind,
- in view,
- inevitability,
- instant,
- intended,
- kismet,
- later,
- looming,
- lot,
- lowering,
- lurking,
- menacing,
- moira,
- near,
- near at hand,
- nearing,
- offing,
- on the horizon,
- overhanging,
- past,
- past perfect,
- perfect,
- planets,
- planned,
- plotted,
- pluperfect,
- point tense,
- portion,
- predicted,
- preparing,
- present,
- present perfect,
- preterit,
- probable,
- progressive tense,
- projected,
- prophesied,
- prospective,
- stars,
- subsequent,
- tense,
- that will be,
- threatening,
- time to come,
- to come,
- to-be,
- tomorrow,
- ultimate,
- unborn,
- unlucky day,
- upcoming,
- waiting,
- weird,
- wheel of fortune,
- will of Heaven
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