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Noun: perfective  pur'fektiv
  1. A tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect)
    - perfective tense, perfect, perfect tense
     
  2. The aspect of a verb that expresses a completed action
    - perfective aspect

Derived forms: perfectives

Type of: aspect, tense

Encyclopedia: Perfective

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