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PRONUNCIATION OF PAST ANTERIOR

past anterior  [pɑːst ænˈtɪərɪə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PAST ANTERIOR

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Past anterior is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PAST ANTERIOR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of past anterior in the English dictionary

The definition of past anterior in the dictionary is a pluperfect verb the past anterior a French tense: the pluperfect.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PAST ANTERIOR


anterior
ænˈtɪərɪə
archaebacteria
ˌɑːkɪbækˈtɪərɪə
asteria
æsˈtɪərɪə
bacteria
bækˈtɪərɪə
cafeteria
ˌkæfɪˈtɪərɪə
criteria
kraɪˈtɪərɪə
cyanobacteria
ˌsaɪənəʊbækˈtɪərɪə
enterobacteria
ˌɛntərəʊbækˈtɪərɪə
eubacteria
ˌjuːbækˈtɪərɪə
groceteria
ˌɡrəʊsəˈtɪərɪə
interior
ɪnˈtɪərɪə
listeria
lɪsˈtɪərɪə
mycobacteria
ˌmaɪkəʊbækˈtɪərɪə
nitrobacteria
ˌnaɪtrəʊbækˈtɪərɪə
psalteria
sɔːlˈtɪərɪə
tearier
ˈtɪərɪə
trichobacteria
ˌtrɪkəʊˌbækˈtɪərɪə
ulterior
ʌlˈtɪərɪə
washateria
ˌwɒʃəˈtɪərɪə
washeteria
ˌwɒʃəˈtɪərɪə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PAST ANTERIOR

past
past definite
past historic
past it
past life therapy
past master
past one´s sell-by date
past participle
past perfect
past tense
pasta
pastance
paste
paste-up
pasteboard
pastedown
pastel
pastel-coloured
pastelist
pastellist

WORDS THAT END LIKE PAST ANTERIOR

cold warrior
eco-warrior
exterior
inferior
Lake Superior
Ministry of the Interior
mother superior
mothers superior
posterior
prior
samurai warrior
subprior
superior
the Interior
Unknown Warrior
warrior

Synonyms and antonyms of past anterior in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «past anterior» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PAST ANTERIOR

Find out the translation of past anterior to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of past anterior from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «past anterior» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

过去前
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

anterior pasado
570 millions of speakers

English

past anterior
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पिछले पूर्वकाल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الأمامي الماضي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мимо передней
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

anterior passado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পূর্ববর্তী অগ্রবর্তী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

passé antérieur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sebelum ini
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Vergangenheit vorderen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

過去の前部
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

과거 전방
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Anterior
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trước qua
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கடந்த முன்கூட்டியே
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मागील पूर्वकाल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Geçmiş anterior
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

anteriore passato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

obok przedniego
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

мимо передньої
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

anterior trecut
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παρελθόν πρόσθια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

afgelope anterior
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

förbi främre
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fortid anterior
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of past anterior

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PAST ANTERIOR»

The term «past anterior» is normally little used and occupies the 140.249 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PAST ANTERIOR» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about past anterior

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PAST ANTERIOR»

Discover the use of past anterior in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to past anterior and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Advanced French Grammar
The past anterior (passé antérieur) is the compound form of the past historic. 3.1 Formation The past anterior is formed with the past historic of être or avoir, followed by the past participle of the verb. Ex: (quand) je fus parti (quand) j'eus ßni ...
Monique L'Huillier, 1999
2
A Grammar of Dolakha Newar
Form Function Gloss Occurs with TENSE -gu Past Anterior PA N-stems, L-stems. -ku. Past Anterior PA T-stems -u Past Anterior PA R-stems 0 Past PST All stems - a Present PR All stems -e Future FUT third person in T-stems, R- stems, L-stems;  ...
Carol Genetti, 2007
3
The Evolution of Grammar: Tense, Aspect, and Modality in the ...
An example is found in Baluchi, where the past participle plus the past form of the copula produce a form used for past anterior but also for simple remote past time (Barker and Mengal 1969: 336). Since this gram parallels the present anterior, ...
Joan Bybee, Revere Perkins, William Pagliuca, 1994
4
Spanish Verbs Made Simple(r)
The past anterior has disappeared completely from the spoken language and appears only rarely in literary works. It has been replaced by the simple past, or less frequently the past perfect: The immediacy formerly conveyed by the past ...
David Brodsky, 2009
5
Verbal Tone in Kuria
Anterior + Negative [+ Subjunctive] + Subjunctive J - Negative 1 [+ Hodiernal Past Anterior Focused] + Hodiernal Past Anterior Focused - Negative + Hodiernal Past Anterior + Negative _] [+ Untimed Past Anterior] + Untimed Past Anterior 1 ...
Leonard Chacha Mwita, 2008
6
Webster's New World 575+ French Verbs
Cette femme aida les pauvres. That woman helped the poor. Forming. the. Past. Anterior. The past anterior (passé antérieur) is comprised of two parts: a helping verb conjugated in the present tense (avoir: j'eus, tu eus, il eut, elle eut, nous ...
Gail Stein, 2008
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Functional-Historical Approaches to Explanation: In honor of ...
4.2.2 Past anterior tense The inflection ofthe past-anterior tense is almost identical to that ofthe first nominalizer (NR1),15 as demonstrated by the forms in Table 15.16 Table 15. Dolakha past anterior and first nominalizer (NR1) inflection  ...
Tim Thornes, Erik Andvik, Gwendolyn Hyslop, 2013
8
A Reference Grammar of Spanish
See the opening passage above at the beginning of this chapter (opposite page) on the pluperfect tense to see how the past anterior fits into the pluperfect tense. 22.2.1 A literary, and even archaic form (and therefore R3), rarely used in ...
R. E. Batchelor, Miguel Ángel San José, 2010
9
Intensive Bulgarian: A Textbook and Reference Grammar
The Bulgarian past anterior tense (MHHajio npeflBapHTejiHO BpeMe) designates an action which had been completed prior to another specific action in the past. It is a compound tense, formed by combining the past tense of ct>m with the ...
Ronelle Alexander, 2000
10
Foundations of French Syntax
In cases like (38c) and (41 ), the pluperfect can sometimes be replaced by a form known as the past-anterior in which the auxiliary occurs in the past-historic rather than the imperfect: (42) a Quand Luc cut termini son cafe, il s'en alla b Aussitot ...
Michael Allan Jones, 1996

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PAST ANTERIOR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term past anterior is used in the context of the following news items.
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He was the future once
... romantic retellings of an imaginary past anterior. The vacancy for a leader who projects credible optimism about what comes next is unfilled. «New Statesman, May 13»
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In this week's New Statesman: Steven Poole on the rise of Big Data
... romantic retellings of an imaginary past anterior. The vacancy for a leader who projects credible optimism about what comes next is unfilled. «New Statesman, May 13»
3
William Trevor LOVE AND SUMMER By William Trevor
Trevor is fantastically effective at foreboding; he can make a reader squirm just by withholding the next bit of some long-past anterior action he's ... «New York Times, Sep 09»

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