- pluperfect tense
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Tense of verb conjugated by adding had before the past participle of a verb.
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Syn: past perfect, past perfect tense
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Pluperfect tense — The pluperfect tense (from Latin plus quam perfectum more than perfect), also called past perfect in English, is a perfective tense that exists in most Indo European languages, used to refer to an event that has completed before another past… … Wikipedia
pluperfect tense — noun a perfective tense used to express action completed in the past I had finished is an example of the past perfect • Syn: ↑past perfect, ↑past perfect tense, ↑pluperfect • Hypernyms: ↑perfective, ↑perfective tense, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Pluperfect — Plu per fect, a. [L. plus more + perfectus perfect; cf. F. plus que parfait, L. plusquamperfectum.] 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pluperfect Grammar — adjective (of a tense) denoting an action completed prior to some past point of time specified or implied, formed in English by had and the past participle. noun a verb in the pluperfect tense. Origin C15: from mod. L. plusperfectum, from L.… … English new terms dictionary
Pluperfect progressive tense — The pluperfect progressive tense (or past perfect continuous) is a perfective tense in most Indo European languages which shows an event that started in the past and continued up until another time in the past. This grammatical tense may be… … Wikipedia
pluperfect — /pluˈpɜfəkt / (say plooh perfuhkt) Grammar –adjective 1. perfect with respect to a temporal point of reference in the past. For example, in He had done it when I came , had done is pluperfect in relation to came since the action was brought to a… …
pluperfect — /plooh perr fikt/ adj. 1. Gram. a. perfect with respect to a point of reference in past time, as had done in He had done it when I came. b. designating a tense or other verb formation or construction with such meaning, as Latin portaveram I had… … Universalium
pluperfect — 1. adjective a) More than perfect b) Pertaining to action completed before or at the same time as another 2. noun a) The pluperfect tense b) A … Wiktionary
pluperfect — plu·per·fect || ‚pluË pÉœrfɪkt / pÉœË n. 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) … English contemporary dictionary
pluperfect — adj. & n. Gram. adj. (of a tense) denoting an action completed prior to some past point of time specified or implied, formed in English by had and the past participle, as: he had gone by then. n. the pluperfect tense. Etymology: mod.L… … Useful english dictionary
