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Noun: simple past
  1. The ​form of a ​verb used to ​describe an ​action that ​happened before the ​present ​time and is no ​longer ​happening.
    "Regular verbs form the simple past in -ed; however there are a few hundred irregular verbs with different forms.";
    - past simple

Type of: past, past tense

Encyclopedia: Simple past

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