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Webster 1913 Edition
Pluperfect
Plu′perˊfect
,Adj.
[L.
plus
more + perfectus
perfect; cf. F. plus-que-parfait
, L. plusquamperfectum
.] 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.
– Noun.
The pluperfect tense; also, a verb in the pluperfect tense.
Definition 2024
pluperfect
pluperfect
English
Adjective
pluperfect (not comparable)
- More than perfect
- (grammar) Pertaining to action completed before or at the same time as another
- (mathematics) Characterization of a certain type of graphs; the theorem (pluperfect graph theorem) discovered by D. R. Fulkerson in 1970.
Related terms
Usage notes
- In many languages this is implemented using a participle and an auxiliary verb in a past tense
Noun
pluperfect (plural pluperfects)
- The pluperfect tense
- A verb in this tense
Synonyms
Translations
pluperfect tense — see pluperfect tense
verb in this tense
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