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secondary tenses

secondary tenses is the plural of secondary tense.

Meaning of secondary tense

Noun

secondary tense (plural secondary tenses)

  1. In Latin, the perfect, imperfect or pluperfect tense.
  2. In Greek, the aorist, imperfect or pluperfect tense.
  3. In English, the analytic distinction between perfect and non-perfect verb phrases.

Questions about secondary tenses

What is secondary tenses the plural of?
Secondary tenses is the plural of secondary tense.

Words near secondary tenses in the dictionary

  1. secondary suite
  2. secondary suites
  3. secondary tech
  4. secondary technical school
  5. secondary tense
  6. secondary tenses
  7. secondary valence
  8. secondary valences
  9. secondary vaping
  10. secondary victimisation
  11. secondary victimisations

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