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pluperfect

Pronunciation: /pluːˈpəːfɪkt/

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Definition of pluperfect

adjective

Grammar
  • (of a tense) denoting an action completed prior to some past point of time specified or implied, formed in English by had and the past participle, as in he had gone by then.

noun

  • the pluperfect tense.

Origin:

late 15th century: from modern Latin plusperfectum, from Latin (tempus praeteritum) plus quam perfectum '(past tense) more than perfect'

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