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perfect infinitives

perfect infinitives is the plural of perfect infinitive.

Meaning of perfect infinitive

Noun

perfect infinitive (plural perfect infinitives)

  1. In English, an infinitival phrase consisting of the infinitive of the auxiliary "have" (with or without a preceding "to") plus the past participle; a comparable phrase or word in other languages.
    • The perfect infinitive of "go" is "(to) have gone".

Questions about perfect infinitives

What is perfect infinitives the plural of?
Perfect infinitives is the plural of perfect infinitive.

Words near perfect infinitives in the dictionary

  1. perfect game
  2. perfect games
  3. perfect gold standard test
  4. perfect gold standard tests
  5. perfect infinitive
  6. perfect infinitives
  7. perfect information
  8. perfect interval
  9. perfect intervals
  10. perfect is the enemy of good
  11. perfect is the enemy of good enough

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