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imperfect tenses

imperfect tenses is the plural of imperfect tense.

Meaning of imperfect tense

Noun

imperfect tense (plural imperfect tenses)

  1. A tense used to describe a past action that is ongoing, incomplete or continuous, or coincident with another action.

Questions about imperfect tenses

What is imperfect tenses the plural of?
Imperfect tenses is the plural of imperfect tense.

Words near imperfect tenses in the dictionary

  1. imperfect rhyme
  2. imperfect rhymes
  3. imperfect subjunctive
  4. imperfect subjunctives
  5. imperfect tense
  6. imperfect tenses
  7. imperfect time
  8. imperfectability
  9. imperfectable
  10. imperfected
  11. imperfecter

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