perfective
1. a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect) • Syn: perfective tense, perfect, perfect tense • Hypernyms: tense • Hyponyms: present perfect, present perfect tense, past perfect, past perfect tense, pluperfect, pluperfect tense, future perfect, future perfect tense 2. the aspect of a verb that expresses a completed action • Syn: perfective aspect • Hypernyms: aspect
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