- perfective tense
- nouna tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect)• Syn: ↑perfective, ↑perfect, ↑perfect tense• Hypernyms: ↑tense• Hyponyms:
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Perfective aspect — In grammar, the perfective aspect is an aspect that exists in many languages. The term perfective aspect is generally used to refer to an action viewed as a single whole, and it is equivalent to the aspectual component of tenses variously called… … Wikipedia
perfective — 1. adjective of, or relative to the perfect tense or perfective aspect. Ant: imperfective 2. noun a perfective verb form … Wiktionary
perfective — /pəˈfɛktɪv/ (say puh fektiv) adjective 1. tending to make perfect; conducive to perfection. 2. Grammar denoting an aspect of the verb rather than a tense, as in Russian, which indicates completion of the action or state of the verb prior to a… …
perfective aspect — noun The perfective aspect is a feature of the verb which denotes viewing the event the verb describes as a completed whole, rather than from within the event as it unfolds. For example, she sat down as opposed to she was sitting down . Since the … Wiktionary
perfective — pÉ™(r) fektɪv n. verb that is in the perfect tense (Grammar) adj. tending toward perfection or completeness … English contemporary dictionary
perfect tense — noun a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect) (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑perfective, ↑perfective tense, ↑perfect • Hypernyms: ↑tense • Hyponyms … Useful english dictionary
past perfect tense — noun a perfective tense used to express action completed in the past I had finished is an example of the past perfect • Syn: ↑past perfect, ↑pluperfect, ↑pluperfect tense • Hypernyms: ↑perfective, ↑perfective tense, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
pluperfect tense — noun a perfective tense used to express action completed in the past I had finished is an example of the past perfect • Syn: ↑past perfect, ↑past perfect tense, ↑pluperfect • Hypernyms: ↑perfective, ↑perfective tense, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
future perfect tense — noun a perfective tense used to describe action that will be completed in the future I will have finished is an example of the future perfect • Syn: ↑future perfect • Hypernyms: ↑perfective, ↑perfective tense, ↑perfect, ↑perfect tense … Useful english dictionary
present perfect tense — noun a perfective tense used to express action completed in the present I have finished is an example of the present perfect • Syn: ↑present perfect • Hypernyms: ↑perfective, ↑perfective tense, ↑perfect, ↑perfect tense … Useful english dictionary
