pluperfect tense

1. 1.

   a perfective tense used to express action completed in the past

   “`I had finished' is an example of the past perfect”

   Synonymspast perfectpast perfect tensepluperfect

   Broaderperfective

Questions about pluperfect tense

What does pluperfect tense mean?

pluperfect tense means "a perfective tense used to express action completed in the past".

What is another word for pluperfect tense?

Close synonyms include past perfect, past perfect tense, pluperfect. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.