"imperfect" meaning in All languages combined

See imperfect on Wiktionary

Adjective [Dutch]

IPA: /ɪm.pɛrˈfɛkt/, /ɪm.pərˈfɛkt/ Audio: Nl-imperfect.ogg
Rhymes: -ɛkt Etymology: Borrowed from Latin imperfectus. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|nl|la|imperfectus|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin imperfectus, {{bor+|nl|la|imperfectus}} Borrowed from Latin imperfectus Head templates: {{nl-adj}} imperfect (comparative imperfecter, superlative imperfectst) Inflection templates: {{nl-decl-adj}} Forms: imperfecter [comparative], imperfectst [superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], imperfect [adverbial, positive, predicative], imperfecter [adverbial, comparative, predicative], het imperfectst [adverbial, predicative, superlative], het imperfectste [adverbial, predicative, superlative], imperfecte [feminine, indefinite, masculine, positive, singular], imperfectere [comparative, feminine, indefinite, masculine, singular], imperfectste [feminine, indefinite, masculine, singular, superlative], imperfect [indefinite, neuter, positive, singular], imperfecter [comparative, indefinite, neuter, singular], imperfectste [indefinite, neuter, singular, superlative], imperfecte [indefinite, plural, positive], imperfectere [comparative, indefinite, plural], imperfectste [indefinite, plural, superlative], imperfecte [definite, positive], imperfectere [comparative, definite], imperfectste [definite, superlative], imperfects [partitive, positive], imperfecters [comparative, partitive], - [partitive, superlative]
  1. imperfect (not perfect) Synonyms: onvolmaakt, gebrekkig Related terms: imperfectie, imperfectum
    Sense id: en-imperfect-nl-adj-EEgt9Yjr Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header

Adjective [English]

IPA: /ɪmˈpɜː(ɹ)fɪkt/ [adjective, noun], /ɪmˈpɜː(ɹ)fɛkt/ [adjective, noun], /ɪmpə(ɹ)ˈfɛkt/ [verb] Audio: en-us-imperfect.ogg [US], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-imperfect.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more imperfect [comparative], most imperfect [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English imperfit, from Old French imparfit (modern French imparfait), from Latin imperfectus. Spelling modified 15c. to conform Latin etymology. See im- + perfect. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|imperfit}} Middle English imperfit, {{der|en|fro|imparfit}} Old French imparfit, {{cog|fr|imparfait}} French imparfait, {{der|en|la|imperfectus}} Latin imperfectus, {{pre|en|im|perfect}} im- + perfect Head templates: {{en-adj}} imperfect (comparative more imperfect, superlative most imperfect)
  1. not perfect Categories (topical): Tenses Synonyms: defective, fallible, faultful, faulty Translations (not perfect): imperfeutu (Asturian), qeyri-kamil (Azerbaijani), незавършен (nezavǎršen) (Bulgarian), несъвършен (nesǎvǎršen) (Bulgarian), imperfecte (Catalan), nedokonalý [masculine] (Czech), imperfect (Dutch), onvolmaakt (Dutch), vajavainen (Finnish), epätäydellinen (Finnish), imperfecto [masculine] (Galician), unvollkommen (German), mangelhaft (German), unvollständig (German), fehlerhaft (German), ατελής (atelís) [feminine, masculine] (Greek), ελλιπής (ellipís) [feminine, masculine] (Greek), πλημμελής (plimmelís) [feminine, masculine] (Greek), ελαττωματικός (elattomatikós) [masculine] (Greek), לֹא מוּשְלָם (lo mushlám) (Hebrew), tökéletlen (Hungarian), tidak sempurna (Indonesian), anfhoirfe (Irish), imperfetto [masculine] (Italian), imperfetta [feminine] (Italian), 不完全な (fukanzen na) (Japanese), ខ្ចោះ (kcɑh) (Khmer), imperfectus (Latin), takarepa (Maori), nawe (Maori), kōkau (Maori), tōrōkiri (Maori), unfulfremed (Old English), onvollkomen (Plautdietsch), niedoskonały (Polish), imperfeito (Portuguese), imperfect [masculine, neuter] (Romanian), несоверше́нный (nesoveršénnyj) (Russian), imperfecto (Spanish), balhag (Tagalog), dihimpit (Tagalog), недоскона́лий (nedoskonályj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-imperfect-en-adj-0UTo35ot Disambiguation of Tenses: 12 8 15 6 27 2 29 2 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with im- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with im-: 12 11 19 10 15 9 16 8 Disambiguation of 'not perfect': 91 8 1 0 0
  2. (botany) unisexual: having either male (with stamens) or female (with pistil) flowers, but not with both. Categories (topical): Botany
    Sense id: en-imperfect-en-adj-ME9~ieY9 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with im- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with im-: 12 11 19 10 15 9 16 8 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
  3. (taxonomy) known or expected to be polyphyletic, as of a form taxon. Categories (topical): Taxonomy, Tenses
    Sense id: en-imperfect-en-adj-nHQDLw5R Disambiguation of Tenses: 12 8 15 6 27 2 29 2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English heteronyms, English terms prefixed with im- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 12 30 10 12 2 12 1 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 19 14 28 10 12 2 13 2 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 18 14 27 10 13 3 14 2 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 17 10 28 9 13 5 14 4 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with im-: 12 11 19 10 15 9 16 8 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, taxonomy
  4. (obsolete) lacking some elementary organ that is essential to successful or normal activity. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-imperfect-en-adj-MkyR03KT
  5. (grammar) belonging to a tense of verbs used in describing a past action that is incomplete or continuous Categories (topical): Grammar, Tenses Translations ((grammar) belonging to a tense of verbs used in describing a past action that is incomplete or continuous): E pakryer (Albanian), παρατατικός (paratatikós) (Ancient Greek), imperfekta [singular] (Esperanto), לֹא נִשְׁלָם (lo nishlám) (Hebrew), folyamatos (Hungarian), befejezetlen (Hungarian), imperfectus (Latin), nesavršen (Serbo-Croatian), durant [masculine] (Walloon)
    Sense id: en-imperfect-en-adj-0nWS0KGX Disambiguation of Tenses: 12 8 15 6 27 2 29 2 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with im- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with im-: 12 11 19 10 15 9 16 8 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of '(grammar) belonging to a tense of verbs used in describing a past action that is incomplete or continuous': 4 4 5 3 83
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: imperfect fungi, imperfect indicative, imperfect rhyme, imperfect subjunctive, imperfect tense, past imperfect tense, present imperfect Related terms: imperfection

Noun [English]

IPA: /ɪmˈpɜː(ɹ)fɪkt/ [adjective, noun], /ɪmˈpɜː(ɹ)fɛkt/ [adjective, noun], /ɪmpə(ɹ)ˈfɛkt/ [verb] Audio: en-us-imperfect.ogg [US], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-imperfect.wav [Southern-England] Forms: imperfects [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English imperfit, from Old French imparfit (modern French imparfait), from Latin imperfectus. Spelling modified 15c. to conform Latin etymology. See im- + perfect. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|imperfit}} Middle English imperfit, {{der|en|fro|imparfit}} Old French imparfit, {{cog|fr|imparfait}} French imparfait, {{der|en|la|imperfectus}} Latin imperfectus, {{pre|en|im|perfect}} im- + perfect Head templates: {{en-noun}} imperfect (plural imperfects)
  1. something having a minor flaw Translations (something having a minor flaw): sekunda (Finnish), υποτυπώδης (ypotypódis) [masculine] (Greek)
    Sense id: en-imperfect-en-noun-VGwsdyk7 Disambiguation of 'something having a minor flaw': 98 2
  2. (grammar) a tense of verbs used in describing a past action that is incomplete or continuous Categories (topical): Grammar, Tenses Synonyms: preterimperfect Translations (past tense): E pakryer (Albanian), παρατατικός (paratatikós) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), ناقص-غير كامل (Arabic), անկատար (ankatar) (Armenian), ми́нало несвърше́но вре́ме (mínalo nesvǎršéno vréme) [neuter] (Bulgarian), имперфе́кт (imperfékt) [masculine] (Bulgarian), и́мперфект (ímperfekt) [masculine] (Bulgarian), imperfet [masculine] (Catalan), onvoltooid verleden tijd [masculine] (Dutch), imperfekto (Esperanto), imperfekti (Finnish), imparfait [masculine] (French), imperfecto [masculine] (Galician), Imperfekt [neuter] (German), Imperfektum [neuter] (German), παρατατικός (paratatikós) [masculine] (Greek), עָבָר לֹא מֻגְמָר (‘avár lo mugmár) [masculine] (Hebrew), imperfektum (Hungarian), folyamatos múlt (Hungarian), elbeszélő múlt (Hungarian), imperfetto [masculine] (Italian), tempus praeteritum imperfectum [neuter] (Latin), tempus imperfectum [neuter] (Latin), praeteritum imperfectum [neuter] (Latin), imperfectum [neuter] (Latin), ناقص (nâqes) (Persian), imperfeito [masculine] (Portuguese), imperfect [neuter] (Romanian), имперфе́кт (imperfékt) [masculine] (Russian), несоверше́нное вре́мя (nesoveršénnoje vrémja) [neuter] (Russian), imperfecto [masculine] (Spanish), imperfekt (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-imperfect-en-noun-EwzpRtKQ Disambiguation of Tenses: 12 8 15 6 27 2 29 2 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with im- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with im-: 12 11 19 10 15 9 16 8 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'past tense': 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: imperfective

Verb [English]

IPA: /ɪmˈpɜː(ɹ)fɪkt/ [adjective, noun], /ɪmˈpɜː(ɹ)fɛkt/ [adjective, noun], /ɪmpə(ɹ)ˈfɛkt/ [verb] Audio: en-us-imperfect.ogg [US], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-imperfect.wav [Southern-England] Forms: imperfects [present, singular, third-person], imperfecting [participle, present], imperfected [participle, past], imperfected [past]
Etymology: From Middle English imperfit, from Old French imparfit (modern French imparfait), from Latin imperfectus. Spelling modified 15c. to conform Latin etymology. See im- + perfect. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|imperfit}} Middle English imperfit, {{der|en|fro|imparfit}} Old French imparfit, {{cog|fr|imparfait}} French imparfait, {{der|en|la|imperfectus}} Latin imperfectus, {{pre|en|im|perfect}} im- + perfect Head templates: {{en-verb}} imperfect (third-person singular simple present imperfects, present participle imperfecting, simple past and past participle imperfected)
  1. (transitive) to make imperfect Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-imperfect-en-verb-QeSUIbfT

Adjective [Romanian]

IPA: /imperˈfekt/
Etymology: From in- + perfect. Etymology templates: {{prefix|ro|in|perfect}} in- + perfect Head templates: {{ro-adj|4}} imperfect m or n (feminine singular imperfectă, masculine plural imperfecți, feminine and neuter plural imperfecte) Inflection templates: {{ro-decl-adj|imperfect|imperfectă|imperfecți|imperfecte|imperfectul|imperfecta|imperfecții|imperfectele|imperfectului|imperfectei|imperfecților|imperfectilor}} Forms: imperfectă [feminine, singular], imperfecți [masculine, plural], imperfecte [feminine, neuter, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], imperfect [accusative, indefinite, masculine, neuter, nominative, singular], imperfectă [accusative, feminine, indefinite, nominative, singular], imperfecți [accusative, indefinite, masculine, nominative, plural], imperfecte [accusative, feminine, indefinite, neuter, nominative, plural], imperfectul [accusative, definite, masculine, neuter, nominative, singular], imperfecta [accusative, definite, feminine, nominative, singular], imperfecții [accusative, definite, masculine, nominative, plural], imperfectele [accusative, definite, feminine, neuter, nominative, plural], imperfect [dative, genitive, indefinite, masculine, neuter, singular], imperfecte [dative, feminine, genitive, indefinite, singular], imperfecți [dative, genitive, indefinite, masculine, plural], imperfecte [dative, feminine, genitive, indefinite, neuter, plural], imperfectului [dative, definite, genitive, masculine, neuter, singular], imperfectei [dative, definite, feminine, genitive, singular], imperfecților [dative, definite, genitive, masculine, plural], imperfectilor [dative, definite, feminine, genitive, neuter, plural]
  1. imperfect Tags: masculine, neuter Related terms: imperfecțiune
    Sense id: en-imperfect-ro-adj-BpAjsBs~ Categories (other): Romanian entries with incorrect language header, Romanian terms prefixed with in-

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "word": "vajavainen"
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "not perfect",
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          "word": "unvollkommen"
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          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "elattomatikós",
          "sense": "not perfect",
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "lo mushlám",
          "sense": "not perfect",
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "not perfect",
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          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "not perfect",
          "word": "tidak sempurna"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "not perfect",
          "word": "anfhoirfe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 8 1 0 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "not perfect",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 8 1 0 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "not perfect",
          "tags": [
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 8 1 0 0",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "fukanzen na",
          "sense": "not perfect",
          "word": "不完全な"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 8 1 0 0",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "kcɑh",
          "sense": "not perfect",
          "word": "ខ្ចោះ"
        },
        {
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "not perfect",
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        },
        {
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "not perfect",
          "word": "takarepa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 8 1 0 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "not perfect",
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        {
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          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "not perfect",
          "word": "kōkau"
        },
        {
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "not perfect",
          "word": "tōrōkiri"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "not perfect",
          "word": "unfulfremed"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 8 1 0 0",
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "not perfect",
          "word": "onvollkomen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 8 1 0 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "not perfect",
          "word": "niedoskonały"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 8 1 0 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "not perfect",
          "word": "imperfeito"
        },
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          "_dis1": "91 8 1 0 0",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "not perfect",
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      "code": "ast",
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      "sense": "not perfect",
      "word": "epätäydellinen"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "not perfect",
      "word": "unvollkommen"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "not perfect",
      "word": "mangelhaft"
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      "code": "de",
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      "word": "unvollständig"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "not perfect",
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        "masculine"
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        "feminine",
        "masculine"
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      "sense": "not perfect",
      "word": "tidak sempurna"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "not perfect",
      "word": "anfhoirfe"
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      "code": "it",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "something having a minor flaw",
      "word": "sekunda"
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "past tense",
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      "sense": "past tense",
      "word": "ناقص-غير كامل"
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      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "ankatar",
      "sense": "past tense",
      "word": "անկատար"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
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      "sense": "past tense",
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      ],
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    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
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      "sense": "past tense",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ímperfekt",
      "sense": "past tense",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "и́мперфект"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "past tense",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "imperfet"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "past tense",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "onvoltooid verleden tijd"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "past tense",
      "word": "imperfekto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "past tense",
      "word": "imperfekti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "past tense",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "imparfait"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "past tense",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "imperfecto"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "past tense",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Imperfekt"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "past tense",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Imperfektum"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "paratatikós",
      "sense": "past tense",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "παρατατικός"
    },
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      "code": "grc",
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      "roman": "paratatikós",
      "sense": "past tense",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "παρατατικός"
    },
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "‘avár lo mugmár",
      "sense": "past tense",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "עָבָר לֹא מֻגְמָר"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "past tense",
      "word": "imperfektum"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "past tense",
      "word": "folyamatos múlt"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "past tense",
      "word": "elbeszélő múlt"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "past tense",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "imperfetto"
    },
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "past tense",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "past tense",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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      "code": "la",
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        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "praeteritum imperfectum"
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "past tense",
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    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
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      "sense": "past tense",
      "word": "ناقص"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "past tense",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "imperfeito"
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      "code": "ro",
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      ],
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      "code": "ru",
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "past tense",
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        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "несоверше́нное вре́мя"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "past tense",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "imperfecto"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "past tense",
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}

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          "text": "1651, John Donne, Letter to Henry Goodere, in Letters to Severall Persons of Honour, edited by Charles Edmund Merrill, Jr., New York: Sturgis & Walton, 1910,\nI write to you from the Spring Garden, whither I withdrew my self to think of this; and the intensenesse of my thinking ends in this, that by my help Gods work should be imperfected, if by any means I resisted the amasement."
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        "plural"
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        "singular"
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      "form": "imperfecților",
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        "masculine",
        "plural"
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