imperfective Hear it!

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Comments
Improve this definition.
Do you have more to add? Share your linguistic knowledge or observation.
/Register to save your comments.