the past perfect tense
1(the) future perfect tense — the ˌfuture ˈperfect 7 [future perfect] (also the ˌfuture ˌperfect ˈtense) noun singular …
3(the) past perfect — the past perfect UK US noun linguistics a verb tense formed with ‘had’ and a past participle. It is used to express an action that was completed before a particular time in the past, for example ‘had finished’ in the sentence ‘She offered to help …
4past perfect tense — noun a perfective tense used to express action completed in the past I had finished is an example of the past perfect • Syn: ↑past perfect, ↑pluperfect, ↑pluperfect tense • Hypernyms: ↑perfective, ↑perfective tense, ↑ …
5the past perfect — UK / US noun linguistics a verb tense formed with had and a past participle. It is used to express an action that was completed before a particular time in the past, for example had finished in the sentence She offered to help but I had already… …
6past perfect — past′ per′fect adj. 1) gram. pertaining to or being a verb tense or form indicating that the action or state expressed by the verb was completed prior to a point of reference in the past or that it extended up to or had results continuing up to… …
7The Past — ◊ GRAMMAR For the formation of past tenses, see entry at ↑ Tenses. ◊ talking about the past The simple past tense is used to refer to an event in the past. She opened the door. One other factor influenced him. In or …
8the past — ◊ GRAMMAR For the formation of past tenses, see entry at ↑ Tenses. ◊ talking about the past The simple past tense is used to refer to an event in the past. She opened the door. One other factor influenced him. In or …
9past perfect — noun a perfective tense used to express action completed in the past I had finished is an example of the past perfect • Syn: ↑past perfect tense, ↑pluperfect, ↑pluperfect tense • Hypernyms: ↑perfective, ↑perfective tense, ↑ …
10the perfect tense — UK / US noun linguistics the form of a verb that is used for talking about an action that has been completed before the present time. In the sentence Sharon has gone home , has gone is the perfect tense of go . See: the future perfect, the past… …
