(grammar) A feature of the verb which denotes viewing the event the verb describes as a completed whole, rather than from within the event as it unfolds. For example, "she sat down" as opposed to "she was sitting down". Since the focus is on the completion of what is expressed by the verb, this aspect is generally associated with the past and future tenses. This term is often used interchangeably with aorist aspect. This is not to be confused with the perfect tense.

(music, uncountable) The ability to identify a note by name on hearing it, or to re-create a specified note from memory, without the benefit of an externally provided reference pitch.

plural of perfect tense

Exactly correct, correct in every letter.

A tense which describes actions that occurred before another action or event in the past; the pluperfect or the past anterior tense.

In Latin, the three perfect tenses: perfect, future perfect, and pluperfect or past perfect, as contrasted with the present system: present, future, and imperfect. A verb in the perfect system indicates an action that has completed.

plural of perfect metal

(chemistry, obsolete) Any metal, such as gold or silver, not readily oxidized by heat and air.

(linguistics) A perfect stem of a Latin verb which has been formed by adding an s to the end of the present stem.

plural of s-perfect