English Explanatory Dictionary

aorist aspect

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A temporal feature of the verb which denotes the speaker's standpoint of the event described by the verb, as from outside of the event and seeing it as a completed whole.

Word forms

aorist aspect

Related words

imperfective aspect perfective aspect
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