pluperfect
The pluperfect tense, the past perfectThe pluperfect tense, the past perfect.
» It's in the pluperfect tense.
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2 sensesThe pluperfect tense, the past perfect.
a perfective tense used to express action completed in the past
A verb in this tense.
Plusquamperfekt
плюсквамперфе́ктpljuskvamperfékt
Examples
2 sentencesIt's in the pluperfect tense.
I had not remembered what the pluperfect tense was until I looked it up to write this sentence.
Translations
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Origin
Shortening of plusquamperfect, from Latin plusquamperfectum (“more than perfect”), from plShortening of plusquamperfect, from Latin plusquamperfectum (“more than perfect”), from plus (“more”) + quam (“than”) + perfectum, neuter singular of perfectus (“achieved; finished; perfected”).
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Forms
plural: pluperfectsSynonyms
5 synonyms- a perfective tense used to express action completed in the past:past perfectpast perfect tensepluperfect tense
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.