"perfect tense" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: perfect tenses [plural]
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  1. A verb form indicating that an action or state has been completed at the present time, in the past, or shall be completed in the future. Categories (topical): Tenses
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  2. A verb form indicating that an action or state has been completed at the present time, in the past, or shall be completed in the future.
    Often, specifically, the present perfect tense as distinguished from the past perfect and future perfect tenses.
    Categories (topical): Tenses Related terms: pluperfect, future perfect, present perfect, imperfect tense, perfect system
    Sense id: en-perfect_tense-en-noun-GH56UODc Disambiguation of Tenses: 50 50 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norman translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Slovak translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Norman translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (verb form indicating that an action has been completed): կատարյալ (kataryal) (Armenian), свърше́но вре́ме (svǎršéno vréme) [neuter] (Bulgarian), аори́ст (aoríst) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 完成時態 (Chinese Mandarin), 完成时态 (wánchéng shítài) (Chinese Mandarin), førnutid [common-gender] (Danish), perfektum (Danish), perfektimuoto (Finnish), perfetto [masculine] (Italian), 完了形 (kanryō-kei) (alt: かんりょうけい) (Japanese), perfectum [neuter] (Latin), parfait [Jersey, masculine] (Norman), perfektum [masculine] (Norwegian), andre futurum (Norwegian), نقلی (naqli) (Persian), perfeito (Portuguese), соверше́нное вре́мя (soveršénnoje vrémja) [neuter] (Russian), перфе́кт (perfékt) [masculine] (Russian), perfektum (Slovak)
Disambiguation of 'verb form indicating that an action has been completed': 50 50

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