Meaning

1 senses

  1. To make imperfect

Examples

21 sentences

  1. This is imperfect.

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  2. An oligopoly is an imperfect monopoly.

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  3. Everyone is imperfect, and that's OK.

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  4. When do you use the imperfect subjunctive?

    deWann benutzt man den Subjunktiv Imperfekt? — Vortarulo

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  5. Certain languages use the imperfect tense to express incomplete actions.

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Origin

From Middle English imperfit, from Old French imparfit (modern French imparfait), from Lat

From Middle English imperfit, from Old French imparfit (modern French imparfait), from Latin imperfectus. Spelling modified 15c. to conform Latin etymology. See im- + perfect.

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Forms

imperfects, imperfecting, imperfected, imperfected
Base formimperfect · to imperfect
3rd person singularimperfects
Present participleimperfecting
Past simpleimperfected
Past participleimperfected

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyimperfect
he, she, itimperfects

Past simpleLesson

all personsimperfected

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave imperfected
he, she, ithas imperfected

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill imperfect

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
imperativeC1imperceptibleC2imperceptiblyC2imperfectionimperfectlyimperial

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