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Perfective

nounid 115745·updated May 18, 2026
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a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect)

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Variants

synonym
perfectperfective aspect
plural
Perfectives
possessive
Perfective's
pluralpossessive
Perfectives'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary2 sensesview framework →
§1
the aspect of a verb that expresses a completed action
§2
a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect)

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