Completive aspect

Completive aspect refers to an aspectual form that expresses an action that has been carried out "thoroughly and to completion" (Bybee et al. 1994:318).

Polysemy
The term completive is occasionally also used for complement clauses; see completive (disambiguation page).

Synonym
The term perfective aspect is very similar in meaning, but distinguished from completive by several authors (e.g. Bybee et al. 1994).