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pluperfect tense

pluperfect tense noun: tense of a verb used when referring to something that happened before a past setting or the imperfect; formed in English by adding had before the past participle of a verb, or by adding had been before the present participle of the verb.

Noun

pluperfect tense (plural pluperfect tenses)

  1. Tense of a verb used when referring to something that happened before a past setting or the imperfect; formed in English by adding had before the past participle of a verb, or by adding had been before the present participle of the verb.
    Synonyms:
    past perfect progressive, past perfect, past perfect tense

pluperfect tense meaning in Persian

pluperfect tense in Persian

tense
ماضی بعید mâzi-e ba'id

Synonyms of pluperfect tense

Forms of pluperfect tense

pluralpluperfect tenses

Origin of pluperfect tense

From Latin plus (“more”) + perfectus (“perfect”).

Questions about pluperfect tense

What does pluperfect tense mean?
Pluperfect tense means tense of a verb used when referring to something that happened before a past setting or the imperfect; formed in English by adding had before the past participle of a verb, or by adding had been before the present participle of the verb.
What is pluperfect tense in Persian?
Pluperfect tense in Persian is ماضی بعید (mâzi-e ba'id). See Pluperfect tense meaning in Persian.
What part of speech is pluperfect tense?
Pluperfect tense is a noun.
What is the plural of pluperfect tense?
The plural of pluperfect tense is pluperfect tenses.

Words near pluperfect tense in the dictionary

  1. pluot
  2. pluots
  3. plup
  4. plupatriotic
  5. pluperfect
  6. pluperfect tense
  7. pluperfect tenses
  8. pluperfection
  9. pluperfections
  10. pluperfectly
  11. pluperfectness

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