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PLUPERFECT TENSE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pluperfect tense mean?
• PLUPERFECT TENSE (noun)
The noun PLUPERFECT TENSE has 1 sense:
1. a perfective tense used to express action completed in the past
Familiarity information: PLUPERFECT TENSE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A perfective tense used to express action completed in the past
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Synonyms:
past perfect; past perfect tense; pluperfect; pluperfect tense
Context example:
'I had finished' is an example of the past perfect
Hypernyms ("pluperfect tense" is a kind of...):
perfect; perfect tense; perfective; perfective tense (a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect))
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