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English noun: perfective

1. perfective a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect)


Synonymsperfect, perfect tense, perfective tense


Broader (hypernym)tense


Narrower (hyponym)future perfect, future perfect tense, past perfect, past perfect tense, pluperfect, pluperfect tense, present perfect, present perfect tense

2. perfective the aspect of a verb that expresses a completed action


Synonymsperfective aspect


Broader (hypernym)aspect









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