Definition of pluperfects in English English dictionary
{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)
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
{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)