IMPERFECTIVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does imperfective mean? 

• IMPERFECTIVE (noun)
  The noun IMPERFECTIVE has 1 sense:

1. aspect without regard to the beginning or completion of the action of the verb

  Familiarity information: IMPERFECTIVE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IMPERFECTIVE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Aspect without regard to the beginning or completion of the action of the verb

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Synonyms:

imperfective; imperfective aspect

Hypernyms ("imperfective" is a kind of...):

durative; durative aspect (the aspect of a verb that expresses its duration)