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adjective
1.
noting an aspect of the verb, as in Russian, that indicates incompleteness of the action or state at a temporal point of reference.
noun
2.
the imperfective aspect.
3.
a verb in this aspect.
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Imperfective
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| imperfective (ˌɪmpəˈfɛktɪv) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | Compare perfective denoting an aspect of the verb in some languages, including English, used to indicate that the action is in progress without regard to its completion |
| —n | |
| 2. | a. the imperfective aspect of a verb |
| b. a verb in this aspect | |
| imper'fectively | |
| —adv | |
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