PLUPERFECT

Pluperfect

The pluperfect is a type of verb form, traditionally treated as one of the tenses of certain languages, used in referring to something that occurred earlier than the time being considered, when the time being considered is already in the past. The meaning of the pluperfect is equivalent to that of English verb forms such as " had arrived" or " had written".

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pluperfect

Noun

  1. The pluperfect tense
  2. A verb in this tense

Adjective

  1. More than perfect
  2. Pertaining to action completed before or at the same time as another


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