pluperfect

Speech parts

1. pluperfect - Noun

2. pluperfect - Adjective

3. pluperfect - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

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.

The pluperfect tense; also, a verb in the pluperfect tense.

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`I had finished' is an example of the past perfect Source: Internet

he spoke with pluperfect precision Source: Internet

As such, the perfect becomes the present, the pluperfect becomes the imperfect, and the future perfect becomes the future. Source: Internet

At the same time, too, the Cimbri from Germany, many thousands of wild and savage people, had rushed upon Italy like a tempest', The Latin text has not like this translation an imperfect and a pluperfect, but two perfect infinitives (consurrexisse.. Source: Internet

For example: ** The Latin pluperfect indicative became a conditional in Sicilian, and an imperfect subjunctive in Spanish. Source: Internet

However, the perfect, pluperfect and future perfect do not have personal endings in the passive voice. Source: Internet

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