"imperfective aspect" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} imperfective aspect (uncountable)
  1. (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. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Grammar Related terms: aorist aspect, iterative aspect, perfective aspect, semelfactive aspect Coordinate_terms: perfective aspect Translations (feature of a verb): незако́нчанае трыва́нне (njezakónčanaje tryvánnje) [neuter] (Belarusian), несвърше́н вид (nesvǎršén vid) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 未完成體 (Chinese Mandarin), 未完成体 (wèiwánchéngtǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 非完成體 (Chinese Mandarin), 非完成体 (Chinese Mandarin), 非完整体 (fēiwánchéngtǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), nedokonavý vid [masculine] (Czech), imperfektiivinen aspekti (Finnish), imperfectif [masculine] (French), უსრული ასპექტი (usruli asṗekṭi) (Georgian), Imperfektum [neuter] (German), μη τετελεσμένος (mi tetelesménos) [feminine] (Greek), folyamatos/befejezetlen szemlélet/igeszemlélet/aspektus (Hungarian), imperfetto [masculine] (Italian), 未完了相 (mikanryōsō) (alt: みかんりょうそう) (Japanese), 미완료상 (miwallyosang) (Korean), 불완료상 (burwallyosang) (Korean), 불완료체 (burwallyoche) (Korean), imperfectum [neuter] (Latin), не́свршен вид (nésvršen vid) [masculine] (Macedonian), aspekt niedokonany [masculine] (Polish), imperfectivo [masculine] (Portuguese), imperfect [neuter, noun] (Romanian), aspect imperfect [neuter] (Romanian), несоверше́нный вид (nesoveršénnyj vid) [masculine] (Russian), несвршени вид [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), nesvršeni vid [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), nedokonavý vid (Slovak), imperfecto [masculine] (Spanish), imperfekt (Swedish), imperfektum [dated] (Swedish), nagaganap (Tagalog), недоко́наний вид (nedokónanyj vyd) [masculine] (Ukrainian), thể chưa hoàn thành (Vietnamese)

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      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "feature of a verb",
      "word": "nagaganap"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nedokónanyj vyd",
      "sense": "feature of a verb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "недоко́наний вид"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "feature of a verb",
      "word": "thể chưa hoàn thành"
    }
  ],
  "word": "imperfective aspect"
}

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