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noun
A tense which describes actions that occurred before another action or event in the past; the pluperfect or the past anterior tense.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a perfective tense used to express action completed in the past
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: past perfect tense, pluperfect, pluperfect tense
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: perfective, perfective tense, perfect, perfect tense
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