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Meanings of past tense in English

Portuguese
tempo passado

A verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past.

tempo passado
Russian
претерит
Spanish
psd
Catalan
pretèrit

Grammatical tense.

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претерит
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Examples for "pst"
Examples for "pst"
1
We try dangling some string and making a "pst-pst-pst" sound but it's no use.
News.com.au
2
The filing listed a phone number for PST's legal director, Steve Johnson.
Reuters
3
After Monday's premiere, the mini moves to 7 p.m. PST on Tuesdays.
Reuters
4
This nonresponsive phenotype was associated with relatively high susceptibility to Pst infection.
Pubmed
5
Early results are likely to become available after 1 p.m. PST on Saturday.
Reuters

The grammatical tense expressing actions which took place in the past.

Usage of past tense in English
1
Sylvia heard, or thought-hoped-sheheard , aslightstress on the past tense.
American empire: blood and iron
2
By the way, the questions were all written in the past tense.
Peter Pan
3
All that I say in this paper is in a paulo- past tense.
Across the Plains, with Other Memories and Essays
4
But perhaps that last sentence should now be in the past tense.
The Guardian
5
I don't know why I'm referring to it in the past tense.
The Guardian
6
To think about that symbiotic relationship in the past tense hurt everyone.
The cold room
7
I realize that I'm already thinking about him in the past tense.
Lone Wolf
8
With a sharp stab at the heart, Rose noted the past tense.
Old Rose and Silver
9
I recalled Bian once telling me that love has no past tense.
Man in the Middle
10
And someone has said that there is no past tense in love!
Phyllis of Philistia
11
To farm was an occupation easily parsed-subjunctivemood, past tense, passive voice!
Deep Furrows
12
These words are all-inclusive, and they are past tense, not future.
Heaven
13
Which European language has a past tense form which looks like a future?
The Guardian
14
Sometimes I speak in the present, sometimes in the past tense.
Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
15
What happened in the past should be talked about using the past tense.
The Guardian
16
Its TV business may even follow its PC business into the past tense.
Wired
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