ADJECTIVE | all | pluperfect | more than perfect |
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NOUN | relation | pluperfect, past perfect, past perfect tense, pluperfect tense | a perfective tense used to express action completed in the past |
Meaning | More than perfect. | |
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Example | "he spoke with pluperfect precision" | |
Broader | perfect | complete of its kind and without defect / defect / defect / defect or blemish |
Meaning | A perfective tense used to express action completed in the past. | |
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Synonyms | past perfect, past perfect tense, pluperfect tense | |
Broader | perfective, perfective tense, perfect, perfect tense | A tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect) |
Spanish | pluscuamperfecto, pretérito pluscuamperfecto | |
Catalan | plusquamperfet |
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