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the imperfect
the imperfect SPECIALIZED► F0 in some languages, the form of a verb that is used for an action that has not been completed in the past, used, for example, to refer to an action that was happening when it was suddenly interrupted, or to describe an existing situation at the beginning of a story: » In the sentence 'He was hit by a car as he was crossing the road', the verb 'cross' is in the imperfect.Thesaurus+: ↑Verb forms, tenses and types of verbsThesaurus+: ↑Grammatical termsMain Entry: ↑imperfect
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