✅ Showing finished action ✅ A completion marker

completive

9.9

A word or ending that shows an action is finished

noun
/kəmˈplɛtɪv/

Specialized

: completivo

When a verb includes a completive marker, it indicates that the action has been successfully completed.

Examples

The completive form in the sentence shows that the action was fully accomplished.
In addition, Sylvia uses the completive done instead of had as an auxiliary verb in sentences like "Sugar done swiped her mama's lipstick, so we ready" (89).

Academic text (2003)
Specifically, universals that Philoponus elsewhere describes as "completive" (...) of things are not universals prior to the many, but rather those in the many, parts of individuals (68, 6-9).

Academic text (2016)
Using a completive helps clarify that the event has reached its conclusion.

Synonyms

perfective

vscompletive

Specialized

9.4

A verb form that shows an action is finished

is the specific marker or form that signals completion

perfective verb

vscompletive

Specialized

9.8

A verb form that shows an action is finished

is the grammatical marker indicating completion rather than general action

perfective tense

vscompletive

Specialized

8.2

A verb form that shows an action has finished and focuses on the result

is a marker for completion without focusing only on tense or result

perfectivity

vscompletive

Specialized

9.9

A verb form that shows an action is finished

is a specific marker or form used to show that completion occurred

Surface Forms

completive singular

completives plural

Morphology

completive = complete (semi-transparent) = complete + ive

The word is transparently built from 'complete' plus '-ive', but the grammatical term is specialized and not fully predictable for learners.

Etymology

Completive (noun) is the name for a grammatical marker that shows an action is finished, and it comes from complete with com- 'together' and plete 'fill'. Think of a completive as a 'completion' mark that tells you the action is done.