Толковый словарь английского языка - imperfect
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imperfect
I. adjective Etymology: alteration of Middle English imparfit, from Latin ~us, from in+ perfectus perfect Date: 14th century not perfect: as, defective , having stamens or pistils but not both, lacking or not involving sexual reproduction , of, relating to, or constituting a verb tense used to designate a continuing state or an incomplete action especially in the past, not enforceable at law, ~ly adverb ~ness noun II. noun Date: 1871 an ~ tense
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adj. & n. --adj. 1 not fully formed or done; faulty, incomplete. 2 Gram. (of a tense) denoting a (usu. past) action in progress but not completed at the time in question (e.g. they were singing). 3 Mus. (of a cadence) ending on the dominant chord. --n. the imperfect tense. Phrases and idioms imperfect rhyme Prosody a rhyme that only partly satisfies the usual criteria (e.g. love and move). Derivatives imperfectly adv. Etymology: ME imparfit etc. f. OF imparfait f. L imperfectus (as IN-(1), PERFECT) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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