pluperfect (redirected from pluperfects)

plu·per·fect  (pl-pûrfkt)

adj.

1. Of or being a verb tense used to express action completed before a specified or implied past time.

2. More than perfect; supremely accomplished; ideal: "He has won a reputation as [a] pluperfect bureaucrat" (New York Times).

n.

1. The pluperfect tense, formed in English with the past participle of a verb and the auxiliary had, as had learned in the sentence He had learned to type by the end of the semester. Also called past perfect.

2. A verb or form in the pluperfect tense.

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[Middle English pluperfyth, alteration of Latin pls quam perfectum, more than perfect : pls, more; see pel-¹ in Indo-European roots + quam, than + perfectum, neuter past participle of perficere, to complete; see perfect.]

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pluperfect [pluːˈpɜːfɪkt]

adj & n

(Linguistics / Grammar) Grammar another term for past perfect

[from the Latin phrase plūs quam perfectum more than perfect]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	pluperfect - a perfective tense used to express action completed in the past; "`I had finished' is an example of the past perfect" past perfect, past perfect tense, pluperfect tense perfect, perfect tense, perfective, perfective tense - a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect)
Adj.	1.	pluperfect - more than perfect; "he spoke with pluperfect precision" perfect - being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish; "a perfect circle"; "a perfect reproduction"; "perfect happiness"; "perfect manners"; "a perfect specimen"; "a perfect day"

Translations

pluperfect [ˈpluːˈpɜːfɪkt] N (Ling) → pluscuamperfecto m

pluperfect [ˌpluːˈpɜː^rfɪkt] n → plus-que-parfait m
the pluperfect → le plus-que-parfait

pluperfect

n → Vorvergangenheit f, → Plusquamperfekt nt

adj → in der Vorvergangenheit, im Plusquamperfekt; pluperfect tense → Vorvergangenheit f, → Plusquamperfekt nt

pluperfect [ˌpluːˈpɜːfɪkt] n (Gram) → piuccheperfetto