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Definition of imperfect noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

imperfect

noun

NAmE//ɪmˈpərfɪkt//

the imperfect (also the imperfect tense) [singular] (grammar)

the verb tense that expresses action in the past that is not complete. It is often called thepast progressiveorpast continuous In “while I was washing my hair,” the verb is in the imperfect.

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