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aspectual

aspectual

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aspectual (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to an aspect.
  2. (grammar) Of or pertaining to grammatical aspect.
    • 1988, Andrew Radford, Transformational grammar: a first course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, page 152:
      Perfective have and progressive be are together known as Aspectual Auxiliaries, since they mark Aspect (viz. whether an action is in progress or has been completed).

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