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1. Something that is imperfect has faults and is not exactly as you would like it to be. (FORMAL) We live in an imperfect world... ? perfect ADJ • imperfectly This effect was imperfectly understood by designers at that time. ADV: usu ADV -ed/adj 2. In grammar, the imperfect or the imperfect tense of a verb is used to describe continuous situations or repeated actions in the past. Examples are ‘I was reading’ and ‘they were eating’. N-SING: the N
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I. adjective Etymology: alteration of Middle English imparfit, from Latin ~us, from in- + perfectus perfect Date: 14th century 1. not perfect: as a. defective b. of a flower having stamens or pistils but not both c. lacking or not involving sexual reproduction the ~ stage of a fungus 2. of, relating to, or constituting a verb tense used to designate a continuing state or an incomplete action especially in the past 3. not enforceable at law • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun II. noun Date: 1871 an ~ tense; also the verb form expressing it ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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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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1) дефектный 2) недостаточный 3) неидеальный 4) неполный 5) несовершенный pennies matching with imperfect spying — т. игр сравнение монет с неполным подглядыванием totally imperfect set — вполне несовершенное множество totally imperfect space — вполне несовершенное пространство - imperfect crystal - imperfect field - imperfect gas - imperfect number - imperfect prediction - imperfect recall - imperfect space - imperfect spying - totally imperfect ...Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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1. грам. имперфект, прошедшее несовершенное время 2. несовершенный; дефектный, с изъяном imperfect knowledge —- посредственные знания 3. неполный; незаконченный 4. грам. имперфектный the imperfect tense —- имперфект, прошедшее несовершенное время 5. юр. недостаточный; не имеющий исковой силы ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. adj. 1) несовершенный, дефектный, с изъяном 2) неполный, незавершенный 3) gram. - imperfect tense 2. noun gram. прошедшее несовершенное время, имперфект IMPERFECT tense = imperfect 2. ...Англо-русский словарь
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~1 adj not completely correct or perfect (an imperfect knowledge of German | I got it cheap because it's slightly imperfect.) - imperfectly adv - imperfection n ~2 also imperfect tense ~ n technical the form of a verb that shows an incomplete action in the past ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- c.1378, from L. imperfectus "unfinished, incomplete," originally in M.E. imparfit, from O.Fr.; replaced by L. form mid-1500s. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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