imperfective
/ˌɪmpɚˈfɛktɪv/
imperfective adjective: of, relating to or having the properties of the imperfective aspect.
Adjective
imperfective (not comparable)
- Of, relating to or having the properties of the imperfective aspect.
- In the last chapter, we observed the rise of an imperfective marker in English, the Progressive, as the dominant and surviving member of a wider paradigm of imperfective aspectual functions in Old English, but which were no longer marked in the same way in later stages of the history of English.2006, Debra Ziegeler, Interfaces with English Aspect: Diachronic and Empirical Studies, John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 89
- The former is the basic imperfective subjunctive, while the latter is prominent or intensified.[…]While the present subjunctive is imperfective in aspect, the perfect subjunctive is imperfective in aspect and spatially proximate.2008, Constantine R. Campbell, Verbal Aspect and Non-indicative Verbs: Further Soundings in the Greek of the New Testament, Peter Lang, page 65
Noun
imperfective (plural imperfectives)
- The imperfective aspect; a verb having this aspect.
- Examples of past imperfectives are shown in (42).2005, Jane H. Hill, A Grammar of Cupeño, University of California Press, page 132
- These putative indeterminate imperfectives are innovative in form precisely because they add a manner meaning to the range of lexical meanings available to Proto-Slavic motion verbs.2010, Viktoria Hasko, Renee Perelmutter, “Introduction: Verbs of motion in Slavic languages: Paths for exploration”, in Viktoria Hasko, Renee Perelmutter, editors, New Approaches to Slavic Verbs of...
imperfective meaning in Hindi
imperfective in Hindi
- imperfective
- अपूर्ण apūrṇ
Examples of imperfective in a sentence
- Consider, then, the result of applying these tense morphemes to a perfective or an imperfective verb.2012, Ronald W. Langacker, Essentials of Cognitive Grammar, Oxford University Press, page 157:
- Past imperfectives are also unproblematic because imperfectives are mass-like in nature, hence contractible.2012, Ronald W. Langacker, Essentials of Cognitive Grammar, Oxford University Press, page 157:
Forms of imperfective
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Words formed from imperfective
Phrases with imperfective
Words that rhyme with imperfective
- projective
- subjective
- effective
- objective
- prospective
- reflective
- collective
- connective
- defective
- directive
- respective
- selective
28 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- injective
- detective
- elective
- irrespective
- perfective
- retrospective
- affective
- bijective
- corrective
- erective
- ineffective
- inflective
- intellective
- intersubjective
- protective
- refective
- advective
- convective
- deflective
- ejective
- infective
- inspective
- introspective
- overprotective
- rejective
- surjective
- unreflective
- unselective
Questions about imperfective
- What does imperfective mean?
- Imperfective means of, relating to or having the properties of the imperfective aspect.
- What is imperfective in Hindi?
- Imperfective in Hindi is अपूर्ण (apūrṇ). See Imperfective meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use imperfective in a sentence?
- Consider, then, the result of applying these tense morphemes to a perfective or an imperfective verb.
- What part of speech is imperfective?
- Imperfective can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce imperfective?
- Imperfective is pronounced /ˌɪmpɚˈfɛktɪv/ (US).
Words near imperfective in the dictionary
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