Pluperfect

Word PLUPERFECT
Character 10
Hyphenation plu per fect
Pronunciations /pluːˈpɜː(ɹ)fɛkt/

Definitions and meanings of "Pluperfect"

What do we mean by pluperfect?

Of or being a verb tense used to express action completed before a specified or implied past time. adjective

More than perfect; supremely accomplished; ideal. adjective

The pluperfect tense, formed in English with the past participle of a verb and the auxiliary had, as had learned in the sentence He had learned to type by the end of the semester. noun

A verb or form in the pluperfect tense. noun

In music, augmented: said of intervals.

Noting the time, or the expression of time, of an action occurring prior to another specified time: as, the pluperfect tense.

In grammar, the pluperfect tense of a verb, or an equivalent verb-phrase: for example, Latin amaveram, English ‘I had loved.’ noun

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. adjective

More than perfect adjective

Pertaining to action completed before or at the same time as another adjective

The pluperfect tense noun

A verb in this tense noun

More than perfect adjective

A perfective tense used to express action completed in the past noun

Being a generalization of a perfect number. For a given natural number k, a number n is called k-perfect (or k-fold perfect) iff the sum of all positive divisors of n (the divisor function, σ(n)) is equal to kn.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Pluperfect

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The word "pluperfect" in example sentences

Why in pluperfect hvell does he think we even have an economic meltdown? ❋ Unknown (2008)

The "I knew" at the beginning of this sentence is pluperfect, which is past time, completed aspect, and is literally "I had known," but that doesn't sound right in English. ❋ MBack (2010)

Enh. I always edit that one to get rid of “pluperfect subjunctive.” ❋ Unknown (2010)

There's no room for self-pity in reality, no pretense in the pluperfect present. ❋ DJ Young (2011)

Regardless of the real, theoretical meaning of pluperfect, the joke is perfect because it asserts the ridiculous, that a cabbie in an Ivy Leagueish city would assert his own elitist and mistaken interpretation of “screw”. ❋ Unknown (2010)

“Thriller” was not so much innovation as it was pluperfect power pop. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Patents are written to obfuscate their true meaning e.g., in the style of an insurance policy or relying on the use of double negative and the French pluperfect subjunctive. ❋ PhD Gary Liberson (2011)

My theory is that “pluperfect” is just a funny word, just as ducks, hippos, and certain northern city (Saskatchewan, Walla Walla, Sheboygan) are inherently funny. ❋ Unknown (2010)

My cousin, who unfortunately has the curse of a state education to bear, recently asked what the pluperfect tense was. ❋ Unknown (2011)

(Forgive the absence of accents): “Il eut fallu que je le susse”, which is pretty funny on its own terms, becomes even funnier if you mis-conjugate the pluperfect subjunctive of falloir as “eut fallusse.” ❋ Unknown (2010)

I think that “trod” is the the correct participle to form the pluperfect past subjunctive, eg: “Had I trod on it, the snake would have bitten me.” ❋ Unknown (2010)

Not really on-topic, but I just saw an even more painful pluperfect subjunctive joke for those who speak french. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Malvolio: My theory is that “pluperfect” is just a funny word, just as ducks, hippos, and certain northern city (Saskatchewan, Walla Walla, Sheboygan) are inherently funny. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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