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pluperfect

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English - English
More than perfect
A verb in this tense
The pluperfect tense
Pertaining to action completed before or at the same time as another
expressing past time or action prior to some other past time or action
more than perfect; "he spoke with pluperfect precision
More than perfect; past perfect; said of the tense which denotes that an action or event was completed at or before the time of another past action or event
The pluperfect is the same as the past perfect. the pluperfect the past perfect tense of a verb (plusquamperfectus )
a perfective tense used to express action completed in the past; "`I had finished' is an example of the past perfect"
{i} grammatical tense which places one past action in relation to another past action (Ex: When you arrived, I had already left. - "I had left" = pluperfect tense)
The pluperfect tense; also, a verb in the pluperfect tense
more than perfect; "he spoke with pluperfect precision"
pluperfect tense
Tense of verb conjugated by adding had before the past participle of a verb

Although he finally came to party, she had already made her decision.

pluperfect.
plusquamperfect
pluperfects
{i} grammatical tense which places one past action in relation to another past action (Ex: When you arrived, I had already left. - "I had left" = pluperfect tense)
pluperfects
plural of pluperfect
pluperfect

    Hyphenation

    plu·per·fect

    Pronunciation

    Etymology

    [ "plü-'p&r-fikt ] (adjective.) 15th century. Middle English pluperfyth, modification of Late Latin plusquamperfectus, literally, more than perfect.
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