Perfective

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Tending toward perfection.
  • adj. Grammar Of, related to, or being the aspect that expresses the completion or the result of the action denoted by the verb.
  • n. Grammar The perfective aspect.
  • n. Grammar A perfective verb form.
  • n. Grammar A verb having a perfective form.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. of, or relative to the perfect tense or perfective aspect.
  • adj. Tending to make perfect, or to bring to perfection.
  • n. a perfective verb form
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Tending or conducing to make perfect, or to bring to perfection; -- usually followed by of.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Tending or conducing to perfecting or perfection.
  • In grammar, expressing completed or perfected action, as a verb.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect)
  • n. the aspect of a verb that expresses a completed action
    • Antonym
    imperfective   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    aspect   
    Form
    perfectiveness   
     
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