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Definition of
the past perfect noun
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
the
past perfect
noun
noun
(
also
the past perfect tense
,
the pluperfect
)
[
singular
]
(
grammar
)
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the form of a verb that expresses an action completed before a particular point in the past, formed in English with
had
and the past participle
See
the past perfect
in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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the past perfect
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