perfect system
In Latin, the three perfect tenses: perfect, future perfect, and pluperfect or past…In Latin, the three perfect tenses: perfect, future perfect, and pluperfect or past perfect, as contrasted with the present system: present, future, and imperfect. A verb in the perfect system indicates an action that has completed.
» There's no perfect system.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)In Latin, the three perfect tenses: perfect, future perfect, and pluperfect or past perfect, as contrasted with the present system: present, future, and imperfect. A verb in the perfect system indicates an action that has completed.
Examples
4 sentencesThere's no perfect system.
It's not a perfect system.
It isn't a perfect system.
Capitalism might be the best means we know of for generating wealth, but it is not a perfect system for distributing wealth.
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable