Perfective meaning

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Tending toward perfection.
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Of, related to, or being the aspect that expresses the completion or the result of the action denoted by the verb.
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The perfective aspect.
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A perfective verb form.
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A verb having a perfective form.
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Tending to bring to or achieve perfection.
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Designating an aspect of verbs, as in Russian, expressing completion of the action or indicating an action that is not repeated.
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The perfective aspect.
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A verb in this aspect.
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(grammar) Of, or relative to the perfect tense or perfective aspect.
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Actions perfective of their natures.

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(grammar) A perfective verb form.
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Perfective Sentence Examples

  • It is from the verb " sever " but it is past, passive, and adjectival, i.e. a perfective passive participle.

  • perfective aspect verb you can only form the past tense and the future tense.

  • perfective aspect, e.g. They have landed.

  • perfective rather than perfective verb forms.

  • perfective passive participle.

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