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preterition

preterition noun: the act of passing by, disregarding or omitting.

Noun

preterition (countable and uncountable, plural preteritions)

  1. The act of passing by, disregarding or omitting.
  2. (rhetoric) Synonym of paralipsis.
    Synonyms:
    paralipsis
  3. The failure of a testator to name a legal heir in their will.
  4. The doctrine that God passes over the non-elect in electing to eternal life those predestinated to salvation.

preterition meaning in Tamil

preterition in Tamil

விட்டுவிடல்

Synonyms of preterition

Forms of preterition

pluralpreteritions
alternative formpraeteritio
alternative formpraeterition
alternative formpræterition

Origin of preterition

Borrowed from Latin praeteritiō, from praetereō (“to omit”).

Questions about preterition

What does preterition mean?
Preterition means the act of passing by, disregarding or omitting.
What is preterition in Tamil?
Preterition in Tamil is விட்டுவிடல். See Preterition meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is preterition?
Preterition is a noun.
What is the plural of preterition?
The plural of preterition is preteritions.

Words near preterition in the dictionary

  1. preterite-present verb
  2. preterite-present verbs
  3. preterite-presents
  4. preteriteness
  5. preterites
  6. preterition
  7. preteritions
  8. preteritive
  9. preteritness
  10. preterits
  11. preterlapsed

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Adapted from Wiktionary: preterition (page history and authors); preterition (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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