Pluperfect Common

Pluperfect has 4 different meanings across 2 categories:

Definitions

Noun

a perfective tense used to express action completed in the past

"`I had finished' is an example of the past perfect"

past perfect past perfect tense pluperfect pluperfect tense

The pluperfect tense.

Adjective

more than perfect

"he spoke with pluperfect precision"

pluperfect

More than perfect.

See Also

pluperfects preterpluperfect graph theorem pluperfect graph theorem pluperfection perfect supine

Related Terms

pluperfects preterpluperfect graph theorem pluperfect graph theorem pluperfection perfect supine complete verb pluperfect tense supine tense past anterior

Broader Terms (hypernyms)

perfective

Rhyming Words

ect dect fect tect lect hect sect exect elect spect eject object inject adject advect expect resect adlect detect aspect

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