imperfective aspect

1. 1.

   aspect without regard to the beginning or completion of the action of the verb

   Synonymsimperfective

   Broaderdurative

Questions about imperfective aspect

What does imperfective aspect mean?

imperfective aspect means "aspect without regard to the beginning or completion of the action of the verb".

What is another word for imperfective aspect?

Close synonyms include imperfective. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is imperfective aspect a common word?

imperfective aspect is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.