denoting one of various tenses used in relating past events
noun
2.
a tense used to refer to the past
Then she will realise that there is a rule for the past tense.
3. in the past tense
▶ USAGE The abbreviation for past tense is pt
English Easy Learning GrammarIrregular verbsIrregular verbs are verbs that do not form the past simple tense and the past participleby adding -ed to the base form. The three main groups of irregular ... Read more
Examples of 'past tense' in a sentence
past tense
It was as though Corinne was already dead: they were speaking of her in the past tense.
Leasor, James TANK OF SERPENTS
Please don't put me in the past tense ," begged Lady Rice, `or I'll vanish altogether.
Weldon, Fay SPLITTING
"He spoke in the past tense, as if reconciliation was out of the question and he had said goodbye to her.