Related Words for preterite

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imperfective
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Noun
participle
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Noun
participial
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Adjective
aorist
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Noun
stative
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Adjective
infinitive
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Noun
pluperfect
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Noun
periphrastic
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Adjective
verbs
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Noun
tense
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Noun
subjunctive
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Noun
pronominal
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Adjective
gerund
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Noun
perfective
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Adjective
resultative
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Adjective
accusative
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Noun
genitive
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Noun
adverbial
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Noun
prepositions
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Noun
inflectional
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Adjective
nominative
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Noun
dative
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Noun
demonstratives
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Noun
pronoun
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Noun
intransitive
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Adjective
infinitival
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Noun
morpheme
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Noun
predicative
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Adjective
derivational
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Adjective
nominalization
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Noun
attributive
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Noun
nouns
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Noun
sentential
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Adjective
deictic
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Adjective
locative
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Noun
adverbs
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Noun
clitic
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Noun
haber
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Name
adjective
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Noun
past
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Noun
perfect
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Adjective
historic
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Noun
present
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Noun, Adjective
bygone
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Adjective
weak
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Adjective
passé
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Noun, Adjective
long ago
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Phrase, Adverb, Adjective
antecedent
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Noun
earlier
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Adjective
hic et nunc
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Phrase, Adverb, Adjective, Noun
existing
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Verb
running
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Verb
latter
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Noun
gone
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Verb
prior
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Adjective
foregone
//
Adjective
promised
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Verb
recent
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Adjective
written
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Verb
done
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Verb
soon
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Adverb
apprehended
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Verb
said
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Verb
use
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Noun, Verb
through
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Adjective, Adverb, Noun
aforesaid
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Noun
run in
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Phrase, Adjective, Verb, Noun
spoken for
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Phrase, Adjective
departed
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Verb
late
/
Adjective
former
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Noun
lapsed
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Verb
same exact
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Phrase, Adjective
belated
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Adjective
completed
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Verb
done up
//
Phrase, Adjective
punished
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Verb
plural
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Noun, Adjective
epic
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Adjective
germanic
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Adjective
modal
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Adjective
dental
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Adjective
forms
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Noun
simple
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Adjective
recorded
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Verb
strong
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Adjective
english
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Adjective
third
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Adjective
indicative
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Noun
inflection
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Noun
stem
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Noun
endings
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Noun
marker
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Noun
meaning
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Noun
adjectival
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Adjective, Noun
alphabet
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Noun, Verb
literally
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Adverb
pronunciation
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Noun
spelling
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Noun
collocation
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Noun
idiomatic
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Adjective, Noun
chunk
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Noun, Verb
cluster
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Noun, Verb
expression
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Noun
vernacular
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Noun, Adjective
standard
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Adjective, Noun
dialect
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Noun
sorta
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Adverb
no
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Noun, Adverb, Adjective
anymore
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Adverb
milestone
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Noun, Verb
tell
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Verb, Noun
headlines
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Noun
bulletproof
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Adjective, Verb