simple past

[ sim-puhl past ]

noun
  1. a verb formation used to indicate that an action or state happened in the past, such as seemed, had, started, took: in regular verbs in English, formed by adding -ed to the stem.

adjective
  1. designating a verb formation used to express an action or state that happened in the past.

Origin of simple past

1
First recorded in 1770–80

Words Nearby simple past

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