Meaning

2 senses
  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.

    соверше́нное вре́мяsoveršénnoje vrémja, перфе́ктperfékt

    a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect)

  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.

Examples

2 sentences
  1. I've never known how to use the perfect tense.

    deIch habe noch nie gewusst, wie das Perfekt verwendet wird. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. The future perfect tense can be difficult to conjugate in some languages.

    ruСпряжение будущего совершенного времени в некоторых языках может быть затруднительным. — Kar1na

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Translations

4 languages
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By meaning 1
verb form indicating that an action has been completed:

Forms

plural: perfect tenses
Singularperfect tense
Pluralperfect tenses

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
perfect tense — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto