- the pluperfect
- UK [ˌplʊːˈpɜːrfɪkt] / US [ˌpluˈpɜrfɪkt]
noun linguistics
the past perfect tense of a verb
English dictionary. 2014.
the pluperfect
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(the) pluperfect — the pluperfect UK [ˌplʊːˈpɜːrfɪkt] US [ˌpluˈpɜrfɪkt] noun linguistics the past perfect tense of a verb Thesaurus: verb forms and tenseshyponym … Useful english dictionary
Pluperfect — The pluperfect (from Latin plus quam perfectum more than perfect), also called past perfect in English, is a grammatical combination of past tense with the perfect, itself a combination of tense and aspect, that exists in most Indo European… … Wikipedia
Pluperfect tense — The pluperfect tense (from Latin plus quam perfectum more than perfect), also called past perfect in English, is a perfective tense that exists in most Indo European languages, used to refer to an event that has completed before another past… … Wikipedia
Pluperfect progressive tense — The pluperfect progressive tense (or past perfect continuous) is a perfective tense in most Indo European languages which shows an event that started in the past and continued up until another time in the past. This grammatical tense may be… … Wikipedia
Pluperfect — Plu per fect, a. [L. plus more + perfectus perfect; cf. F. plus que parfait, L. plusquamperfectum.] 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pluperfect Grammar — adjective (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. noun a verb in the pluperfect tense. Origin C15: from mod. L. plusperfectum, from L.… … English new terms dictionary
pluperfect — /pluˈpɜfəkt / (say plooh perfuhkt) Grammar –adjective 1. perfect with respect to a temporal point of reference in the past. For example, in He had done it when I came , had done is pluperfect in relation to came since the action was brought to a… …
pluperfect — /plooh perr fikt/ adj. 1. Gram. a. perfect with respect to a point of reference in past time, as had done in He had done it when I came. b. designating a tense or other verb formation or construction with such meaning, as Latin portaveram I had… … Universalium
pluperfect — [[t]plu͟ːpɜ͟ː(r)fɪkt[/t]] N SING: the N The pluperfect is the same as the past perfect … English dictionary
pluperfect — 1. adjective a) More than perfect b) Pertaining to action completed before or at the same time as another 2. noun a) The pluperfect tense b) A … Wiktionary
