perfect tense per·fect·tense uncommon noun 1. a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect) Synonymsperfectiveperfective tenseperfectperfect tense Related words Broader terms tense Narrower terms present perfectpast perfectfuture perfect WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved.
