英语词汇“preteriteness”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

preterite or preterit /pretˈə-rit/

adjective

Denoting a verb tense used to express past action (grammar)

Past, belonging to the past

noun

grammar

This tense of verbs, the past tense (also preterite tense)

A word in this tense

A form of this tense

ORIGIN: L praeteritus, pap of praeterīre to go past, from praeter beyond, and īre, itum to go

pretˈerist noun (theology)

Someone who holds the prophecies of the Apocalypse already fulfilled

pretˈeriteness noun

preterition /prē-tə-rishˈən/ noun

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