past tense

1. 1.

   a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past

   Synonymspast

   Broadertense

   Narrowerpreterit

Questions about past tense

What does past tense mean?

past tense means "a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past".

What is another word for past tense?

Close synonyms include past. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.