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perfect tense

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perfect tense

Summary

perfect tense is a grammeme[1]. It draws 215 Wikipedia views per month (grammeme category, ranking #1 of 8).[2]

Key Facts

  • perfect tense's instance of is recorded as grammeme[3].
  • perfect tense's instance of is recorded as tense[4].
  • perfect tense is part of past tense[5].
  • perfect tense's said to be the same as is recorded as retrospective[6].
  • perfect tense's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[7].
  • perfect tense's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8].
  • perfect tense's partially coincident with is recorded as perfective[9].
  • perfect tense's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'PRF'}[10].
  • perfect tense's different from is recorded as perfective[11].
  • perfect tense's different from is recorded as perfective[12].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include grammeme[3] and tense[4].

Use and Application

perfect tense is part of past tense[5].

Why It Matters

perfect tense draws 215 Wikipedia views per month (grammeme category, ranking #1 of 8).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . eva.mpg.de. Retrieved . eva.mpg.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → —
    Said to be the same as → retrospective
    Instance of → —
    Instance of → grammeme, tense
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 17317, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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