In grammar, pluperfect is the verb tense that you use to talk about something that was finished or completed in the past. "They had eaten at five" uses the pluperfect.
More than perfect; past perfect; -- said of the tense which denotes that an action or event was completed at or before the time of another past action or event.
Noun
a perfective tense used to express action completed in the past; "`I had finished'' is an example of the past perfect"
Adjective S.
more than perfect; "he spoke with pluperfect precision"
a.
More than perfect; past perfect; -- said of the tense
which denotes that an action or event was completed at or before the
time of another past action or event.
n.
The pluperfect tense; also, a verb in the pluperfect
tense.
Pluperfect
More than perfect; past perfect; -- said of the tense which denotes that an action or event was completed at or before the time of another past action or event.
Usage Examples
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