Definition of Perfect tense. Meaning of Perfect tense. Synonyms of Perfect tense

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Definition of Perfect tense

Perfect tense
Perfect Per"fect, a. [OE. parfit, OF. parfit, parfet, parfait, F. parfait, L. perfectus, p. p. of perficere to carry to the end, to perform, finish, perfect; per (see Per-) + facere to make, do. See Fact.] 1. Brought to consummation or completeness; completed; not defective nor redundant; having all the properties or qualities requisite to its nature and kind; without flaw, fault, or blemish; without error; mature; whole; pure; sound; right; correct. My strength is made perfect in weakness. --2 Cor. xii. 9. Three glorious suns, each one a perfect sun. --Shak. I fear I am not in my perfect mind. --Shak. O most entire perfect sacrifice! --Keble. God made thee perfect, not immutable. --Milton. 2. Well informed; certain; sure. I am perfect that the Pannonains are now in arms. --Shak. 3. (Bot.) Hermaphrodite; having both stamens and pistils; -- said of flower. Perfect cadence (Mus.), a complete and satisfactory close in harmony, as upon the tonic preceded by the dominant. Perfect chord (Mus.), a concord or union of sounds which is perfectly coalescent and agreeable to the ear, as the unison, octave, fifth, and fourth; a perfect consonance; a common chord in its original position of keynote, third, fifth, and octave. Perfect number (Arith.), a number equal to the sum of all its divisors; as, 28, whose aliquot parts, or divisors, are 14, 7, 4, 2, 1. See Abundant number, under Abundant. --Brande & C. Perfect tense (Gram.), a tense which expresses an act or state completed.

Meaning of Perfect tense from wikipedia

- The perfect tense or aspect (abbreviated PERF or PRF) is a verb form that indicates that an action or cir****stance occurred earlier than the time under...
- The prophetic perfect tense is a literary technique commonly used in religious texts that describes ****ure events that are so certain to happen that they...
- plusquamperfect), usually called past perfect in English, characterizes certain verb forms and grammatical tenses involving an action from an antecedent...
- The present perfect is a grammatical combination of the present tense and perfect aspect that is used to express a past event that has consequence in...
- particular tense–aspect–mood combinations such as "present progressive" and "conditional perfect" are often referred to simply as "tenses". Verb tenses are inflectional...
- and the perfect system (also known as perfectum tenses), consisting of the perfect, ****ure perfect, and pluperfect. To these six main tenses can be added...
- there are seven tenses: present, imperfect, ****ure, aorist (the equivalent of past simple), perfect, pluperfect, and ****ure perfect. (The last two, especially...
- It is a grammatical combination of the ****ure tense, or other marking of ****ure time, and the perfect, a grammatical aspect that views an event as prior...
- the adjective tense, which comes from Latin tensus, the perfect p****ive participle of tendere, "stretch". In modern linguistic theory, tense is understood...
- The past tense is a grammatical tense whose function is to place an action or situation in the past. Examples of verbs in the past tense include the English...