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pluperfect::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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| Synonyms | past perfect, past perfect tense, pluperfect tense |
| Type of | perfect, perfect tense, perfective, perfective tense |
pluperfect::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
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he spoke with pluperfect precision.
Examples of pluperfect
pluperfect
Pluperfect of action, where a series of pluperfect sentences carry a narration.
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Instead, the pluperfect, like the preterite, is expressed using the perfect.
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Galarraga's pluperfect game would have been the third perfecto in 24 days.
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The loving, beloved, pluperfect mother, who he would risk death to escape.
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A pluperfect and future perfect indicative also exist, but are rather rare.
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Vivien Merchant and Paul Rogers lead a perfect cast in Peter Hall's pluperfect production.
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Counting the pluperfect gem by Armando Galarraga, we saw three perfect games in 22 days.
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This pluperfect is allied more closely to the usual preterite in English.
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In the English language, the pluperfect is often called the past perfect.
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- Past perfect: a perfective tense used to express action completed in the past; "`I had finished' is an example of the past perfect"
- More than perfect; "he spoke with pluperfect precision"
- More than perfect; Pertaining to action completed before or at the same time as another
