perfect tense

English - Turkish

Definition of perfect tense in English Turkish dictionary

tamamlanmış geçmiş zaman

(Dilbilim) bitmişlik zamanı

Related Terms

future perfect continuous tense

gelecekte bitmiş zamanın sürekli şekli

future perfect tense

gelecekte bitmiş zaman

past perfect continuous tense

sürekli geçmişte bitmiş zaman

past perfect tense

-miş'li geçmiş zaman

perfect conditional tense

bitmiş koşul bildiren zaman

present perfect continuous tense

sürekli bitmiş zaman

present perfect tense

yakın geçmiş zaman

past perfect tense

dilb. -miş'li geçmiş zaman

the perfect tense

dilb. görülen geçmiş zaman

English - English

Definition of perfect tense in English English dictionary

a verb form indicating that an action or state has been completed at the present time, in the past, or will be completed in the future. English has three perfect tenses:

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

{i} verb tense that expresses an action completed in the past, tense of verbs that describes a state completed in the past

Related Terms

perfect tenses

plural form of perfect tense

future perfect tense

a perfective tense used to describe action that will be completed in the future; "`I will have finished' is an example of the future perfect"

future perfect tense

{i} verb tense that describes an action that has not yet been completed and will be finished in the future (e.g., "By that time, I will have finished")

present perfect tense

a perfective tense used to express action completed in the present; "`I have finished' is an example of the present perfect"

Hyphenation

per·fect tense

Turkish pronunciation

pırfekt tens

Pronunciation

/pərˈfekt ˈtens/ /pɜrˈfɛkt ˈtɛns/

Etymology

[ 'p&r-fikt ] (adjective.) 14th century. Middle English parfit, from Old French, from Latin perfectus, from past participle of perficere to carry out, perfect, from per- thoroughly + facere to make, do; more at DO.