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pluperfect

Meaningmore

Common meaning: the tense of 'had done'

Journey through time

  1. Latinplus‘more’source
  2. Latinplusquamperfectum‘more than perfect’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsmore than perfect → the tense of 'had done'pluperfect‘the tense of 'had done'’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Latin plus ‘more’.

Roots

  • plus Latin “more”

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