Actions perfective of their natures. --Ray. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
perfective — [pər fek′tiv] adj. [LL perfectivus] 1. Now Rare tending to bring to or achieve perfection 2. Gram. designating an aspect of verbs, as in Russian, expressing completion of the action or indicating an action that is not repeated n. 1. the… … English World dictionary
perfective — adjective Date: 1596 1. archaic a. tending to make perfect b. becoming better 2. expressing action as complete or as implying the notion of completion, conclusion, or result < perfective verb > • perfective noun • perfectively adverb … New Collegiate Dictionary
perfective — perfectively, adv. perfectiveness, perfectivity /perr fek tiv i tee/, n. /peuhr fek tiv/, adj. 1. tending to make perfect; conducive to perfection. 2. Gram. noting an aspect of verbal inflection, as in Russian, that indicates completion of the… … Universalium
perfective — 1. adjective of, or relative to the perfect tense or perfective aspect. Ant: imperfective 2. noun a perfective verb form … Wiktionary
perfective — /pəˈfɛktɪv/ (say puh fektiv) adjective 1. tending to make perfect; conducive to perfection. 2. Grammar denoting an aspect of the verb rather than a tense, as in Russian, which indicates completion of the action or state of the verb prior to a… …
perfective — per•fec•tive [[t]pərˈfɛk tɪv[/t]] adj. 1) tending to make perfect; conducive to perfection 2) gram. of or designating an aspect of verbal inflection, as in Russian, that indicates completion of the action or state denoted by the verb 3) gram. the … From formal English to slang
perfective — adj. & n. Gram. adj. (of an aspect of a verb etc.) expressing the completion of an action (opp. IMPERFECTIVE). n. the perfective aspect or form of a verb. Etymology: med.L perfectivus (as PERFECT) … Useful english dictionary
Perfective aspect — In grammar, the perfective aspect is an aspect that exists in many languages. The term perfective aspect is generally used to refer to an action viewed as a single whole, and it is equivalent to the aspectual component of tenses variously called… … Wikipedia
perfective tense — noun a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect) • Syn: ↑perfective, ↑perfect, ↑perfect tense • Hypernyms: ↑tense • Hyponyms: ↑present perfect … Useful english dictionary
perfective aspect — noun The perfective aspect is 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 … Wiktionary
