past perfect

past per·fect

P p

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [past, pahst adjective, noun pur-fikt]
- /pæst, pɑst adjective, noun ˈpɜr fɪkt/
- /pɑːst ˈpɜːfɪkt/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [past, pahst adjective, noun pur-fikt]
- /pæst, pɑst adjective, noun ˈpɜr fɪkt/

Definitions of past perfect words

noun past perfect pluperfect. 1
noun past perfect grammar: pluperfect, verb tense of action previously completed 1
adjective past perfect In grammar, the past perfect tenses of a verb are the ones used to talk about things that happened before a specific time. The simple past perfect tense uses 'had' and the past participle of the verb, as in 'She had seen him before'. It is sometimes called the pluperfect. 0
adjective past perfect denoting a tense of verbs used in relating past events where the action had already occurred at the time of the action of a main verb that is itself in a past tense. In English this is a compound tense formed with had plus the past participle 0
noun past perfect the past perfect tense 0
noun past perfect a verb in this tense 0

before 1885

One of the 21% newest English words

First recorded in 1885-90

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