plural of imperfect tense

(grammar) A grammatical category in some languages expressing perfective aspect and past tense of verbs; the aorist.

(grammar) A verb tense indicating action in the past and marked by verb inflection; the preterite.

plural of pluperfect tense

plural of aorist tense

(grammar) Synonym of consecutio temporum

(grammar) In English, the tense of a verb which is used specifically in the simple aspect--that is, the verb alone does not indicate whether the action is complete or habitual--and is usually used independently of any auxiliary verbs, with the known exceptions of 'will', 'shall', and 'would'.

(grammar) In Latin, the perfect, imperfect or pluperfect tense. / (grammar) In Greek, the aorist, imperfect or pluperfect tense.

(grammar) In Latin, the present or future tense. / (grammar) In Greek, the present, future or perfect tense.

(grammar) A verb tense expressing ongoing action; in English, any of the tenses formed with the present participle, namely present continuous ("I am dreaming"), past continuous ("I was dreaming"), present perfect continuous ("I have been dreaming"), past perfect continuous ("I had been dreaming"), future continuous ("I will be dreaming") or future perfect continuous ("I will have been dreaming").