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Past perfect   /pæst pərfˈɛkt/   Listen
Past perfect

noun
1.
A perfective tense used to express action completed in the past.  Synonyms: past perfect tense, pluperfect, pluperfect tense.





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... in sentences of this kind the Latin observes the regular principles for the Sequence of Tenses. Thus after principal tenses the Latin uses the Present and Perfect (as in the second and third examples), where the English uses the Past and Past Perfect. ...
— New Latin Grammar • Charles E. Bennett


Words linked to "Past perfect" :   perfect tense, perfect, perfective tense, perfective


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