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• Preterite-present verb — Following the convention in historical linguistics, this article marks unattested reconstructed words with an asterisk. The so called preterite present verbs are a small group of anomalous verbs in the Germanic languages in which the present… …   Wikipedia

• Preterite — This article is about the grammatical term. To see the article relating to eschatology and the Book of Revelation, see Preterism. The preterite (also praeterite, in American English also preterit, simple past, or past historic) is the grammatical …   Wikipedia

• Preterite — Die Englische Grammatik ist die Grammatik der englischen Sprache. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Satzbau 2 Wortarten 2.1 Substantive (Nouns) 2.1.1 Numerus 2.1.2 Genera …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• preterite — pret|er|ite also preterit AmE [ˈpretərıt] n [Date: 1300 1400; : French; Origin: prétérit, from Latin praeteritus, past participle of praeterire to go past ] the preterite technical the tense or verb form that expresses a past action or condition… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• preterite — also preterit AmE noun the preterite technical the tense or verb form that expresses a past action or condition preterite adjective …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• preterite — /ˈprɛtərət / (say pretuhruht), /ˈprɛtrət / (say pretruht) adjective 1. Grammar designating a tense usually denoting an action or state which was completed in the past. For example, in the sentence John hit Jack, hit could be said to be in the… …  

• preterite — adj. & n. (US preterit) Gram. adj. expressing a past action or state. n. a preterite tense or form. Etymology: ME f. OF preterite or L praeteritus past part. of praeterire pass (as PRETER , ire it go) …   Useful english dictionary

• preterite present — preterit present or preterite present, Grammar. 1. preterit form with present meaning (applied specifically to certain Germanic or Old English verbs). 2. a preterit present verb or verb form …   Useful english dictionary

• preterite — [ prɛt(ə)rɪt] (US also preterit) Grammar adjective expressing a past action or state. noun a simple past tense or form. Origin ME (in the sense bygone, former ): from L. praeteritus, past participle of praeterire pass, go by , from praeter past,… …   English new terms dictionary

• Pro-form — A pro form is a type of function word or expression that stands in for (expresses the same content as) another word, phrase, clause or sentence where the meaning is recoverable from the context. They are used either to avoid repetitive… …   Wikipedia

• Middle High German verbs — Verbs in Middle High German are divided into strong or weak verbs. Strong verbs indicate tense by a change in the quality of a vowel, while weak verbs indicate tense by the addition of an ending. Further information: Germanic weak… …   Wikipedia