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Meanings of past imperfect in English

Russian
имперфект
Portuguese
pretérito imperfeito
Catalan
imperfet d'indicatiu
Spanish
copretérito del indicativo

Verb form in several languages indicating past tense, imperfective aspect, and indicative mood.

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        Examples for "imperfect"
        Examples for "imperfect"
        1
        Here's an imperfect example, but it's a step in the right direction.
        Wired
        2
        The cricoid cartilage was imperfect in form; the hyo-epiglottic muscles very strong.
        Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 / Zoo...
        3
        It remains an imperfect process, open to abuse and hacks and tomfoolery.
        Wired
        4
        Purpose: Current methods of assessing disease burden in gastric adenocarcinoma are imperfect.
        Pubmed
        5
        It is imperfect: the second verse is not complete in the copy.
        Canadian Wild Flowers: Selections from the Writings of Miss Hele...
        1
        Schilsky said the test is not perfect but a good first step.
        Reuters
        2
        Of course everything is not perfect, we have much work to do.
        Reuters
        3
        The flight was not perfect -a faulty backup system caused problems.
        Reuters
        4
        Everyone knows the models are not perfect, so multiple models are good.
        Wired
        5
        My body is not fresh and my body is not perfect either.
        The Guardian
        1
        That time or tense, said Epistemon, is aorist, derived from the preter- imperfect tense of the Greeks, admitted in war (?)
        Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 5
        2
        Imperfect Tense-IfI were, etc, 1 Tchish-pinke-au-yaw-yawTchish-pinke-au-yaw-wong2 Tchish-pinke-au-yaw-yonTchish-pinke-au-yaw-yeg3 Tchish-pin ke-au-yawdTchish-pinke-au-yaw-wod
        History of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan / A Gramm...
        3
        "I have told you, haven't I, that 'I wrote' is the perfect tense, while 'I have written' is the imperfect tense."
        The Rise of David Levinsky
        Usage of past imperfect in English
        1
        There were only about six weeks until finals, and conjugating verbs in the past imperfect remained a complete mystery.
        Spells
        2
        Past Imperfect:So who do you think was best?
        The Irish Times
        3
        Past Imperfect: the DymaxionR Buckminster Fuller was one of the best-known American thinkers of the 20th century.
        The Irish Times
        4
        Past imperfect, present tense, future conditional.
        Outposts: journeys to the surviving relics of the british empire