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perfective
[ per-fek-tiv ]
adjective
- tending to make perfect; conducive to perfection.
- Grammar. noting an aspect of verbal inflection, as in Russian, that indicates completion of the action or state denoted by the verb.
noun
, Grammar.
- the perfective aspect.
- a form in the perfective.
perfective
/ pəˈfɛktɪv /
adjective
- tending to perfect
- grammar denoting an aspect of verbs in some languages, including English, used to express that the action or event described by the verb is or was completed: I lived in London for ten years is perfective; I have lived in London for ten years is imperfective, since the implication is that I still live in London
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Other Words From
- per·fective·ly adverb
- per·fective·ness per·fec·tiv·i·ty [pur-fek-, tiv, -i-tee], noun
- unper·fective adjective
- unper·fective·ly adverb
- unper·fective·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of perfective1
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Example Sentences
The perfective part, said Proclus, precedes initiation, as initiation precedes inspection.
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The Vocabulario has snuru and sannuru as the ombin form of the attributive perfective sarinuru.
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Created existences are not included in this act, and the knowledge of them is not perfective of the being of God.
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So then passive good is, as was said, either conservative or perfective.
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