English Explanatory Dictionary

perfect tense

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A verb form indicating that an action or state has been completed at the present time, in the past, or shall be completed in the future.
  2. Often, specifically, the present perfect tense as distinguished from the past perfect and future perfect tenses.

Word forms

perfect tense perfect tenses

Related words

pluperfect future perfect present perfect imperfect tense perfect system

Translations

Armenian: կատարյալ Bulgarian: свърше́но вре́ме Bulgarian: аори́ст Chinese Mandarin: 完成時態 /完成时态 Danish: førnutid Danish: perfektum Finnish: perfektimuoto Italian: perfetto Japanese: 完了形 Latin: perfectum Norman: parfait Norwegian: perfektum Norwegian: andre futurum Persian: نقلی Portuguese: perfeito Russian: соверше́нное вре́мя Russian: перфе́кт Slovak: perfektum
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