pluperfect

/plˈuːpəfˌɛkt/

/plˈuːpɚfˌɛkt/

[noun] [adjective]

Pluperfect

[NOUN]

a perfective tense used to express action completed in the past

synonyms : past perfect

past perfect tense

pluperfect tense

pluperfect

[ADJECTIVE]

more than perfect

Examples

1. This verb form here is the third person singular pluperfect form.

2. You can listen to people speaking the dialect using had in a way where it's natural to think, they use the pluperfect too much.

3. When students finish school and hit the job market, let's be completely honest, prospective employers are not specifically going to be looking for people who can conjugate Latin verbs in the pluperfect subjunctive.