Thesaurus: pluperfect
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 action or event.
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Definitions
- a. 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 action or event.
- n. The pluperfect tense; also, a verb in the pluperfect tense.
- adj. more than perfect
- n. a perfective tense used to express action completed in the past
- 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 action or event. -- n. The pluperfect tense; also, a verb in the pluperfect tense.
- More than perfect; past perfect; -- said of the tense whichdenotes that an action or event was completed at or before the timeof another past action or event.-- n.
- n:100 s. more than perfect