1) Belonging to the past 2) Past 3) Past tense 4) Past tense in grammar 5) Preterite 1) Preterite 
• (n.) The preterit; also, a word in the preterit tense. • (a.) Belonging wholly to the past; passed by. • (a.) Past; -- applied to a tense which expresses an action or state as past.
Pret'er·it adjective [ Latin praeteritus , past participle of praeterire to go or pass by; praeter beyond, by + ire to go: confer French prétérit . See Issue .] [ Written also preterite and præterite .] 1. (Gram.) Past; -- a...Pret'er·it noun (Gram.) The preterit; also, a word in the preterit tense. 
[adj] - (grammar) a verb tense used to relate past action 2. [n] - a term formerly used to refer to the simple past tense
preterite noun a term formerly used to refer to the simple past tense
past (def. 12). · a preterit tense. · a verb form in this tense.