The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word PRETERIT , but the solution may also be PAST which is one of the most recent solution (2003 in New York Sun).
Verb tense crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PRETERIT | 50 % | 8 |
| PAST | 50 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Verb tense
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- past tense
- present tense
- future tense
- past perfect
- present perfect
- perfect tense
- done
- past participle
- be
- had
- displacement
- imperfect
Crossword Answer definitions
PRETERIT noun- (grammar) The preterite tense, simple past tense: the grammatical tense that determines the specific initiation or termination of an action in the past.
- (grammar, of a tense) showing an action at a determined moment in the past.
- Belonging wholly to the past; passed by.
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More clues leading to the result PRETERIT
- Verb tense expressing the past
- Verb form
- Verb tense
- Past tense.
- Signifying past time: Gram.
- Past tense in grammar
- A past tense
- The past tense
- Belonging to the past