imperfekt — meaning in English

English meaning

• imperfect adj Not perfect; having flaws.
• past noun The period of time before the present.

Senses

imperfekt is used for these senses in English:

• imperfect (grammar) A tense of verbs used in describing a past action that is incomplete or continuous.
• imperfective aspect (grammar) A feature of a verb which denotes that its action or condition does not have a fixed temporal boundary, but is habitual, unfinished, continuous, repetitive or in progress.
• past (grammar) The past tense.
• 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

1. adj Not perfect; having flaws.
2. noun A verb tense describing a past action that was ongoing or repeated.

past — full definition

1. noun The period of time before the present.
2. adjective Having already happened or existed; former.
3. preposition Beyond in place, time, or amount.

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