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past tense

noun

Meaning

  1. (grammar) A grammatical form (often a verb form) that refers to an event, transaction, occurrence, or object that happened (or had happened), or existed, at some time before now (the applicable reference time).
  2. (grammar) A grammatical form (often a verb form) that is used in a conditional expression to refer to an event, transaction, occurrence, or object that is hypothetical and often counterfactual.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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