perfective

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/pə(ɹ)ˈfɛktɪv/ English

Definitions

noun

(grammar) a perfective verb form

adjective

(grammar) of, or relative to, the perfect tense or perfective aspect.
Tending to make perfect, or to bring to perfection.

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Synonyms

perfect tense perfective aspect perfect perfective tense imperfective aorist atelic aoristic past participial telic aspectual durative perfectional successive absolutive imperatival

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Associated

inceptive stative optative pluperfect tenses verbs inferential perf preterite participle

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