What's the difference between preterit and preterite?

Preterit


Definition:

  • (a.) Past; -- applied to a tense which expresses an action or state as past.
  • (a.) Belonging wholly to the past; passed by.
  • (n.) The preterit; also, a word in the preterit tense.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A research on the acquisition of morphemes of plural, diminutive, augmentative, gerund, imperfect, and preterite with 109 Spanish children from 3 to 6 is reported.

Preterite


Definition:

  • (a. & n.) Same as Preterit.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A research on the acquisition of morphemes of plural, diminutive, augmentative, gerund, imperfect, and preterite with 109 Spanish children from 3 to 6 is reported.

Words possibly related to "preterit"

Words possibly related to "preterite"