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Word: Pluperfect
Speech Type: Adjective
late 15th century: from modern Latin plusperfectum, from Latin (tempus praeteritum) plus quam perfectum ‘(past tense) more than perfect’
pluːˈpəːfɪkt
(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.
Short Definition:(of tense) denoting action completed prior to past point of time
Word: Pluperfect
Speech Type: Noun
pluːˈpəːfɪkt
the pluperfect tense.
Short Definition:pluperfect tense
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