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aorist aspect

aorist aspect noun: a temporal feature of the verb which denotes the speaker's standpoint of the event described by the verb, as from outside of the event and seeing it as a completed whole.

Noun

aorist aspect (uncountable)

  1. A temporal feature of the verb which denotes the speaker's standpoint of the event described by the verb, as from outside of the event and seeing it as a completed whole.

Questions about aorist aspect

What does aorist aspect mean?
Aorist aspect means a temporal feature of the verb which denotes the speaker's standpoint of the event described by the verb, as from outside of the event and seeing it as a completed whole.
What part of speech is aorist aspect?
Aorist aspect is a noun.

Words near aorist aspect in the dictionary

  1. AOP
  2. AOPS
  3. AOPV
  4. AOR
  5. aorist
  6. aorist aspect
  7. aorist tense
  8. aorist tenses
  9. aoristic
  10. aoristically
  11. aorists

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