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secondary tense

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.85 in modern English

Syllables
sec-ondary tense
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

In Latin, the perfect, imperfect or pluperfect tense.

noun

In Greek, the aorist, imperfect or pluperfect tense.

noun

In English, the analytic distinction between perfect and non-perfect verb phrases.

Inflected Forms

secondary tenses (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

primary tense

Questions

What does secondary tense mean?
In Latin, the perfect, imperfect or pluperfect tense.

How to pronounce secondary tense

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