imperfekti — meaning in English
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English meaning
Senses
imperfekti is used for these senses in English:
- imperfect (grammar) A tense of verbs used in describing a past action that is incomplete or continuous.
- past (grammar) The past tense.
- past imperfect tense A grammatical tense which expresses the past as an action which was still going on at the point in time described, say someone "was ...ing" something, as opposed to the already accomplished counterpart past perfect tense (where the action took place even further in the past)
- past tense (grammar) A grammatical form (often a verb form) that refers to an event, transaction, occurrence, or object that happened (or had happened), or existed, at some time before now (the applicable reference time).
- simple past (grammar) A tense used to describe something that happened in the past, formed by the inflection of a single word, without any auxiliary verb such as be or have.
imperfect — full definition
- adj Not perfect; having flaws.
- noun A verb tense describing a past action that was ongoing or repeated.
past — full definition
- noun The period of time before the present.
- adjective Having already happened or existed; former.
- preposition Beyond in place, time, or amount.