pluperfect tense

Other forms: pluperfect tenses

Definitions of pluperfect tense
  1. noun
    a perfective tense used to express action completed in the past
    synonyms: past perfect, past perfect tense, pluperfect
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    type of:
    perfect, perfect tense, perfective, perfective tense
    a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect)
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