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0 the tense used to describe actions, events, or states that happened or existed before the present time:
The preterit is several times more frequent than the perfect.
In terms of grammar, they favor dove as the preterit of dive.
1 relating to the tense used to describe actions, events, or states that happened or existed before the present time:
Highlight the imperfect and preterit verbs in the text.
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