"pluperfect" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /pluːˈpɜː.fɪkt/ [UK], /pluˈpɝ.fɪkt/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pluperfect.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more pluperfect [comparative], most pluperfect [superlative], plpf. [alternative, abbreviation]
Etymology: Shortening of plusquamperfect, from Latin plusquamperfectum (“more than perfect”), from plus (“more”) + quam (“than”) + perfectum, neuter singular of perfectus (“achieved; finished; perfected”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|plusquamperfectum||more than perfect}} Latin plusquamperfectum (“more than perfect”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} pluperfect (comparative more pluperfect, superlative most pluperfect)
  1. More than perfect, utterly perfect, ideal.
    Sense id: en-pluperfect-en-adj-5TXtiDrG Categories (other): Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 10 26 9 13 9 32 1
  2. (grammar) Pertaining to action completed before another action or event in the past, past perfect. Translations (grammar): zaprzeszły (Polish)
    Sense id: en-pluperfect-en-adj-pqpLan8j Categories (other): Grammar, English entries with incorrect language header, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Manx translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 25 9 17 11 30 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 6 25 16 18 12 20 3 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 5 25 8 17 13 31 1 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 6 25 9 17 12 29 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 4 28 13 20 10 25 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 6 24 10 17 12 29 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Manx translations: 6 24 10 17 12 29 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 10 26 9 13 9 32 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 6 24 10 17 12 29 1 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'grammar': 1 74 8 10 7
  3. (graph theory) Being or relating to a certain type of graph that complies with a theorem ("pluperfect graph theorem") discovered by D. R. Fulkerson in 1970, satisfying even more constraints than a perfect graph.
    Sense id: en-pluperfect-en-adj-Mf4j489j Categories (other): Graph theory, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Manx translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 6 25 16 18 12 20 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 4 28 13 20 10 25 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 6 24 10 17 12 29 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Manx translations: 6 24 10 17 12 29 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 6 24 10 17 12 29 1 Topics: graph-theory, mathematics, sciences
  4. (mathematics) Synonym of multiperfect. Synonyms: multiperfect [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-pluperfect-en-adj-ndWS5rND Categories (other): Mathematics, English entries with incorrect language header, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Manx translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 25 9 17 11 30 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 6 25 16 18 12 20 3 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 5 25 8 17 13 31 1 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 6 25 9 17 12 29 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 4 28 13 20 10 25 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 6 24 10 17 12 29 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Manx translations: 6 24 10 17 12 29 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 10 26 9 13 9 32 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 6 24 10 17 12 29 1 Topics: mathematics, sciences
  5. (informal) Used as an intensifier in various interjections. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-pluperfect-en-adj-rV8OapMa Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Manx translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 25 9 17 11 30 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 6 25 16 18 12 20 3 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 5 25 8 17 13 31 1 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 6 25 9 17 12 29 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 4 28 13 20 10 25 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 6 24 10 17 12 29 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Manx translations: 6 24 10 17 12 29 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 6 24 10 17 12 29 1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: pluperfectly, pluperfectness Related terms: pluperfection

Noun

IPA: /pluːˈpɜː.fɪkt/ [UK], /pluˈpɝ.fɪkt/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pluperfect.wav [Southern-England] Forms: pluperfects [plural], plpf. [alternative, abbreviation]
Etymology: Shortening of plusquamperfect, from Latin plusquamperfectum (“more than perfect”), from plus (“more”) + quam (“than”) + perfectum, neuter singular of perfectus (“achieved; finished; perfected”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|plusquamperfectum||more than perfect}} Latin plusquamperfectum (“more than perfect”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} pluperfect (plural pluperfects)
  1. The pluperfect tense, the past perfect. Translations (pluperfect tense): czas zaprzeszły [inanimate, masculine] (Polish)
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  2. A verb in this tense. Translations (verb in this tense): ὑπερσυντέλικος (hupersuntélikos) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), pluskvamperfekti (Finnish), plus-que-parfait [masculine] (French), Plusquamperfekt [neuter] (German), υπερσυντέλικος (ypersyntélikos) [masculine] (Greek), plusquamperfekto (Ido), piuccheperfetto [masculine] (Italian), 과거완료 (gwageowallyo) (Korean), yl-lanejeant (Manx), forma zaprzeszła czasownika [feminine] (Polish), pretérito mais-que-perfeito [masculine] (Portuguese), плюсквамперфе́кт (pljuskvamperfékt) [masculine] (Russian), pluscuamperfecto (Spanish), pluskvamperfekt (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-pluperfect-en-noun-Q75VSxPi Disambiguation of 'verb in this tense': 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: plusquamperfect, preterpluperfect

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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