Perfective Tense (Noun)
Meaning
A tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect).
Classification
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas.
Examples
- The verb is in the perfective tense to indicate that the action has already been completed.
- The ancient Greeks used the perfective tense to describe past actions with a connection to the present.
- The use of perfective tense in this sentence suggests that the action is seen as a completed whole.
- The verb "to write" is conjugated in the perfective tense to emphasize that the book is already finished.
- The sentence employs the perfective tense to express the completed action of building the new skyscraper.