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PERFECTIVE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The aspect of a verb that expresses a completed action
Synonyms:
perfective; perfective aspect
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("perfective" is a kind of...):
aspect (the beginning or duration or completion or repetition of the action of a verb)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect)
Synonyms:
perfect; perfect tense; perfective; perfective tense
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("perfective" is a kind of...):
tense (a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "perfective"):
present perfect; present perfect tense (a perfective tense used to express action completed in the present)
past perfect; past perfect tense; pluperfect; pluperfect tense (a perfective tense used to express action completed in the past)
future perfect; future perfect tense (a perfective tense used to describe action that will be completed in the future)
