- pluperfect, the
- plu|per|fect, the [ ,plu`pɜrfıkt ] noun LINGUISTICSthe PAST PERFECT tense of a verb
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pluperfect — [plo͞o′pʉr΄fikt, plo͞o΄pʉr′fikt] adj. [LL plusquamperfectus < L plus quam perfectum, lit., more than perfect] 1. Gram. designating or of the past perfect tense in any of certain languages corresponding to the past perfect in English 2.… … English World dictionary
(the) pluperfect — the pluperfect UK [ˌplʊːˈpɜːrfɪkt] US [ˌpluˈpɜrfɪkt] noun linguistics the past perfect tense of a verb Thesaurus: verb forms and tenseshyponym … Useful english dictionary
pluperfect — ► ADJECTIVE Grammar ▪ (of a tense) denoting an action completed prior to some past point of time, formed in English by had and the past participle (as in he had gone by then). ORIGIN from Latin plus quam perfectum more than perfect (referring to… … English terms dictionary
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… …
