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imperfective Definition

im·per·fec·tive (im′pər fek′tiv)

adjective

Gram. designating or of an aspect of verbs, as in Russian, expressing continuing or incomplete action or making no reference to completion

noun

  1. the imperfective aspect
  2. a verb in this aspect

imperfective Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • aspect: Review: 624 pages of necessary grammatical study: verbs in the perfective and imperfective aspects.
  • verb: Part 17 Reading Books - perfective and imperfective verbs used in the past tense.
  • form: Affix priming was also present, although strongest for secondary imperfective forms, which shared two affixes.
  • paradox: In Part I we evaluate what I will call the Eventual Outcome Strategy for solving the imperfective paradox.