secondary tense

English

Noun

secondary tense (plural secondary tenses)

  1. (grammar) In Latin, the perfect, imperfect or pluperfect tense.
  2. (grammar) In Greek, the aorist, imperfect or pluperfect tense.
  3. (grammar) In English, the analytic distinction distinction between perfect and non-perfect verb phrases.
    Coordinate term: primary tense

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