perfective

Speech parts

1. perfective - Noun

2. perfective - Adjective

Meaning

Tending or conducing to make perfect, or to bring to perfection; -- usually followed by of.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

perfect perfect tense perfective aspect perfective tense paragon through done past finished ending aspect closing finishing filling tense
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Antonyms

left abandoned stopped continuing rough incomplete
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Hypernyms

aspect tense

Hyponyms

pluperfect present perfect past perfect pluperfect tense future perfect past perfect tense

Examples

Additionally, the perfective form of pherno (used for the subjunctive voice and also for the future tense) is also phero. Source: Internet

Although languages that are described as having imperfective and perfective aspects agree in most cases in their use of these aspects, they may not agree in every situation. Source: Internet

Explicit consideration of aspect as a category first arose out of study of the Slavic languages ; here verbs often occur in the language in pairs, with two related verbs being used respectively for imperfective and perfective meanings. Source: Internet

Although the verbs' meaning is similar, in perfective verbs the action is completed and in imperfective verbs it is ongoing. Source: Internet

Common aspectual distinctions The most fundamental aspectual distinction, represented in many languages, is between perfective aspect and imperfective aspect. Source: Internet

Consequently each language contains many pairs of verbs, corresponding to each other in meaning, except that one expresses perfective aspect and the other imperfective. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

perfectionment perfectissimate perfectitude perfective aspect perfective tense perfectively