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Perfective

🔄 Synonyms of "Perfective"

4 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
perfectnoun	Without fault or mistake; without flaw, of supreme quality.
perfect tensenoun	Often, specifically, the present perfect tense as distinguished from the past perfect and future perfect tenses.
perfective aspectnoun	(grammar) A feature of the verb which denotes viewing the event the verb describes as a completed whole, rather than from within the event as it unfolds. For example, "she sat down" as opposed to "she was sitting down". Since the focus is on the completion of what is expressed by the verb, this aspect is generally associated with the past and future tenses. This term is often used interchangeably with aorist aspect. This is not to be confused with the perfect tense.
perfective tensenoun	a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect)

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Perfective"

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Word	Definition
perfect tensenoun	Often, specifically, the present perfect tense as distinguished from the past perfect and future perfect tenses.
perfective aspectnoun	(grammar) A feature of the verb which denotes viewing the event the verb describes as a completed whole, rather than from within the event as it unfolds. For example, "she sat down" as opposed to "she was sitting down". Since the focus is on the completion of what is expressed by the verb, this aspect is generally associated with the past and future tenses. This term is often used interchangeably with aorist aspect. This is not to be confused with the perfect tense.
perfect	Without fault or mistake; without flaw, of supreme quality.
perfective tensenoun	a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect)
imperfectivenoun	Of, relating to or having the properties of the imperfective aspect.
aoristnoun	(grammar) A verb paradigm found in certain languages, usually an unmarked form or one that expresses the perfective or aorist aspect.
atelicnoun	Presenting an action or event’s significance as being the process or experience instead of the end accomplishment or goal.
aoristicnoun	(grammar) Of, or relating to the aorist aspect.
past participial	(grammar) of, or relating to, the past participle
telicnoun	Tending or directed towards a goal or specific end.
aspectual	(grammar) Of or pertaining to grammatical aspect.
durative	(linguistics) Of or pertaining to the aspect of a verb that expresses continuing action; continuative. Part of the imperfective aspect, as opposed to the perfective aspect, of verbs.
perfectional	Of or relating to perfection; characterized by perfection.
successive	Coming one after the other in a series.
absolutivenoun	(grammar) The absolutive case, or a phrase that uses it.
imperativalnoun	(grammar) Of or pertaining to the imperative mood.
imperativenoun	(uncountable, grammar) The grammatical mood expressing an order (see jussive). In English, the imperative form of a verb is the same as that of the bare infinitive.
aspectivenoun	(art) The techniques that make art aspective as opposed to perspective.
participial	(grammar) Of, relating to, or being a participle.
infinitivalnoun	Of, pertaining to, or formed from an infinitive.