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Definition of Durative aspect
1. Noun. The aspect of a verb that expresses its duration.
Generic synonyms: Aspect
Specialized synonyms: Imperfective, Imperfective Aspect, Progressive Aspect
Lexicographical Neighbors of Durative Aspect
Literary usage of Durative aspect
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Grammar of the German Language: Designed for a Thoro and Practical Study by George Oliver Curme (1922)
"The durative aspect is usually expressed by the simple verb, the point-action or
... The different forms of the durative aspect are discussed in 176. Note. ..."
2. University of Illinois Studies in Language and Literature (1917)
"... learned; in the durative aspect of the actual the occurrence is viewed as a
process going on in time, past or present: ..."
3. Grammar and Thinking: A Study of the Working Conceptions in Syntax by Alfred Dwight Sheffield (1912)
"... verb-forms which express a durative aspect of an act or occurrence, express
also its historical time; as, scribebat, ecrivait, he was writing. ..."
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