English Explanatory Dictionary

pluperfect tense

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Tense of a verb used when referring to something that happened before a past setting or the imperfect; formed in English by adding had before the past participle of a verb, or by adding had been before the present participle of the verb.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

pluperfect tense pluperfect tenses

Etymology

From Latin plus (“more”) + perfectus (“perfect”).

Synonyms

past perfect progressive past perfect past perfect tense
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