a perfective tense used to express action completed in the past; `I had finished is an example of the past perfect
[ Syn: past perfect , past perfect tense , pluperfect tense ]
pluperfect (n.)
more than perfect; he spoke with pluperfect precision'
a perfective tense used to express action completed in the past; `I had finished is an example of the past perfect
[ Syn: past perfect , past perfect tense , pluperfect tense ]
more than perfect; he spoke with pluperfect precision'