perfective aspect

1. 1.

   the aspect of a verb that expresses a completed action

   Synonymsperfective

   Broaderaspect

Questions about perfective aspect

What does perfective aspect mean?

perfective aspect means "the aspect of a verb that expresses a completed action".

What is another word for perfective aspect?

Close synonyms include perfective. 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 perfective aspect a common word?

perfective 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.