[{"word":"preterit","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"(grammar) The preterite tense, simple past tense: the grammatical tense that determines the specific initiation or termination of an action in the past.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"adjective","definitions":[{"definition":"(grammar, of a tense) showing an action at a determined moment in the past.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Belonging wholly to the past; passed by.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["bygone","foregone"],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/preterit","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/preterite"]}]