simple past
nounEtymology “Simple” because the tense is formed without any auxiliary verb.
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Grammar, Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences A tense used to describe something that happened in the past, formed by the inflection of a single word, without any auxiliary verb such as be or have.
- Synonyms
- preterite, preterit
- Coordinate terms
- past perfect, past continuous, past perfect continuous, past participle, present, present perfect, present continuous, present perfect continuous, present participle, future simple, future perfect, future continuous, future perfect continuous, future-in-the-past simple, future-perfect-in-the-past