| Pronunciation: | | ploo'purfikt
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- [n] a perfective tense used to express action completed in the past; "`I had finished' is an example of the past perfect"
- [adj] more than perfect; "he spoke with pluperfect precision"
- [adj] (linguistics) of or relating to the pat perfect tense of verbs; "pluperfect endings"
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PLUPERFECT is a 10 letter word that starts with P. |
| | Synonyms: | | past perfect, past perfect tense, perfect, pluferfect tense |
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| | See Also: | | perfect, perfect tense, perfective, perfective tense |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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 action or event. -- n. The
pluperfect tense; also, a verb in the pluperfect tense.
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