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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect);
[syn: perfective, perfective tense, perfect, perfect tense]

2. the aspect of a verb that expresses a completed action;
[syn: perfective, perfective aspect]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Perfective \Per*fect"ive\ (p[~e]r*f[e^]k"t[i^]v), a. 1. Tending or conducing to make perfect, or to bring to perfection; -- usually followed by of. "A perfective alteration." --Fuller. [1913 Webster] Actions perfective of their natures. --Ray. [1913 Webster] 2. (Gram.) Denoting an aspect of verbs which indicates completion of an action, and is sometimes explicitly marked in verbal inflection, as in the Russian language; as, the perfective form of a verb. The use of a perfective form rather than the simple past indicates reference to a completed event, rather than to a process that took place in the past. [PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

perfective \per*fect"ive\ (p[~e]r*f[e^]k"t[i^]v), n. 1. (Gram.) The perfective case or aspect. [PJC] 2. (Gram.) A verb in the perfective case or aspect. [PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

perfective n 1: a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect) [syn: perfective, perfective tense, perfect, perfect tense] 2: the aspect of a verb that expresses a completed action [syn: perfective, perfective aspect]