Imperfect — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going

not perfect; defective or inadequate

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɪmpˈɜːfɛkt/

🇬🇧British English

/ɪmpˈɜːfɛkt/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɪmpˈɜːfɛkt/

3 syllables Say it as /ɪmpˈɜːfɛkt/.

Examples

had only an imperfect understanding of his responsibilities
imperfect mortals
drainage here is imperfect

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

continuous tense weak frail progressive tense imperfect tense progressive fallible

Antonyms

perfect

Parts of Speech

noun	a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going
adjective	not perfect; defective or inadequate “had only an imperfect understanding of his responsibilities”
adjective	wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings “I'm only a fallible human”

Word Forms

imperfectness

noun

the state or an instance of being imperfect

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

unvollkommen

eine Zeitform von Verben, die zur Beschreibung einer laufenden Handlung verwendet wird

🇫🇷French

imparfait

un temps de verbes utilisé pour décrire une action en cours

🇪🇸Spanish

imperfecto

un tiempo de verbos utilizados para describir una acción que está en curso

🇮🇹Italian

imperfetto

un tempo verbale usato per descrivere un'azione in corso

🇳🇱Dutch

onvolmaakt

een tijdsvorm van werkwoorden die worden gebruikt bij het beschrijven van een actie die aan de gang is

🇵🇹Portuguese

imperfeito

um tempo verbal usado para descrever uma ação que está em andamento

🇷🇺Russian

несовершенный

время глаголов, используемое для описания происходящего действия

India

🇮🇳Hindi

अपूणर्

क्रियाओं का एक काल जिसका उपयोग चल रही क्रिया का वर्णन करने में किया जाता है

🇧🇩Bengali

অপূর্ণ

চলমান ক্রিয়া বর্ণনা করতে ব্যবহৃত ক্রিয়াগুলির একটি কাল

🇮🇳Tamil

நிறைவற்ற

நடந்து கொண்டிருக்கும் செயலை விவரிக்கப் பயன்படுத்தப்படும் வினைச்சொற்களின் காலம்

🇮🇳Telugu

అసంపూర్ణమైన

కొనసాగుతున్న చర్యను వివరించడానికి ఉపయోగించే క్రియల కాలం

🇮🇳Marathi

अपूर्ण

चालू असलेल्या क्रियेचे वर्णन करण्यासाठी वापरल्या जाणाऱ्या क्रियापदांचा काळ

🇮🇳Gujarati

અપૂર્ણ

ક્રિયાના વર્ણનમાં વપરાતી ક્રિયાપદોનો તંગ જે ચાલુ છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಅಪೂರ್ಣ

ನಡೆಯುತ್ತಿರುವ ಕ್ರಿಯೆಯನ್ನು ವಿವರಿಸಲು ಬಳಸಲಾಗುವ ಕ್ರಿಯಾಪದಗಳ ಉದ್ವಿಗ್ನತೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

അപൂർണ്ണമായ

നടന്നുകൊണ്ടിരിക്കുന്ന പ്രവർത്തനത്തെ വിവരിക്കുന്നതിന് ഉപയോഗിക്കുന്ന ക്രിയകളുടെ ഒരു കാലം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਅਪੂਰਣ

ਕਿਰਿਆ ਦਾ ਵਰਣਨ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ ਵਰਤੀਆਂ ਜਾਂਦੀਆਂ ਕਿਰਿਆਵਾਂ ਦਾ ਇੱਕ ਕਾਲ ਜੋ ਚੱਲ ਰਿਹਾ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

نامکمل

فعل کا ایک تناؤ جو عمل کو بیان کرنے میں استعمال ہوتا ہے جو جاری ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

不完善

用于描述正在进行的动作的动词时态

🇯🇵Japanese

不完全

進行中の動作を説明する際に使用される動詞の時制

🇰🇷Korean

불완전한

진행 중인 동작을 설명하는 데 사용되는 동사의 시제

🇻🇳Vietnamese

không hoàn hảo

thì của động từ dùng để mô tả hành động đang diễn ra

🇹🇭Thai

ไม่สมบูรณ์

กริยากาลที่ใช้อธิบายการกระทำที่กำลังดำเนินอยู่

🇮🇩Indonesian

tidak sempurna

bentuk kata kerja yang digunakan untuk mendeskripsikan tindakan yang sedang berlangsung

🇵🇭Filipino

hindi perpekto

isang panahunan ng mga pandiwa na ginagamit sa paglalarawan ng aksyon na on-going

🇲🇾Malay

tidak sempurna

kala kata kerja yang digunakan dalam menerangkan tindakan yang sedang berjalan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

غير كامل

زمن الأفعال المستخدمة في وصف الفعل الجاري

🇮🇷Persian

ناقص

زمان افعالی که در توصیف عملی که در حال انجام است استفاده می شود

🇹🇷Turkish

kusurlu

devam eden eylemi tanımlamak için kullanılan fiillerin gergin hali

🇮🇱Hebrew

לֹא מוּשׁלָם

זמן של פעלים המשמשים לתיאור פעולה מתמשכת

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