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PLUPERFECT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A perfective tense used to express action completed in the past
Example:
'I had finished' is an example of the past perfect
Synonyms:
past perfect; past perfect tense; pluperfect; pluperfect tense
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("pluperfect" 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))
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
More than perfect
Example:
he spoke with pluperfect precision
Classified under:
Similar:
perfect (being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish)
