plus-que-parfait

Definitions of plus-que-parfait
  1. noun
    a perfective tense used to express action completed in the past
    synonyms: passé antérieur
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    type of:
    imparfait, parfait, passé
    a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect)
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