past tense
noun
(in English) the simple past.
past tenses
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pluralof past tense.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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“You might be scared of the weird alphabet or some of the cases of a single noun. But believe me, I was also scared by the multiple past tenses of English” and learned it anyway.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2022
But it allows many plurals, past tenses and contractions.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 3, 2022
“She is strong – spiritually, emotionally, mentally, physically,” says Ashley’s best friend from childhood Erica Denney, 22, so upset by her disappearance that she mixes the present and past tenses to describe her.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 25, 2019
The anecdotes glide between present and past tenses, providing the added intimacy of a born storyteller.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 18, 2016
Those are past tenses of related verbs, waken and awaken.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
