different between preterition vs preterite

English

Alternative forms

• praeteritio, praeterition, præterition

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praeteriti?, from praetere? (“I omit”).

Noun

preterition (countable and uncountable, plural preteritions)

1. The act of passing by, disregarding or omitting.
2. (rhetoric) Synonym of paralipsis
3. (law) The failure of a testator to name a legal heir in his will.
4. (theology) The doctrine that God passes over the non-elect in electing to eternal life those predestinated to salvation.

Synonyms

• pretermission

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• preterit (US)
• praeterite
• præterite (archaic)
• (abbreviation, grammar): pret.

Etymology

From Middle English preterit, from Old French preterit (13th century), from Latin praeteritum (as in tempus praeteritum (“time past”)), the past participle of praetere? (“I go by, go past”), itself from praeter (“beyond, before, above, more than”)
(comparative of prae (“before”)) + itum (the past participle of e? (“I go”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p??t???t/, /?p??t???t/

Adjective

preterite (not comparable)

1. (grammar, of a tense) showing an action at a determined moment in the past.
2. Belonging wholly to the past; passed by.

Synonyms

• (belonging wholly to the past): bygone, foregone; see also Thesaurus:past

Translations

Noun

preterite (plural preterites)

2. (grammar) A grammatical tense or verb form serving to denote events that took place or were completed in the past.

Related terms

• preterition
• preteritive
• preterite tense

Translations

Anagrams

• tipteerer