the pluperfectnoun [ S ]
uk/ˌpluːˈpɜː.fekt/us/ˈpluːˌpɝː.fekt/specializedthe grammatical tense used to describe an action that had already finished when another action happened. It is made with "had" and a past participle.
Synonym
the past perfect
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- accusative
- arose
- art
- aspect
- began
- bent
- conjugate
- ditransitive
- historic present
- linking verb
- main verb
- passivize
- past participle
- perfect participle
- predicate
- progressive
- the future perfect
- the present simple
- the third person
- wast
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pluperfect
adjective ukus
the pluperfect tense