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past per·fect
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Princeton's WordNet
past perfect, past perfect tense, pluperfect, pluperfect tensenoun
a perfective tense used to express action completed in the past
"`I had finished' is an example of the past perfect"
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past perfectnoun
A tense which represents actions that occurred before other actions in the past; the pluperfect tense.
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past perfect
Past perfect, in English grammar, is a verb tense that expresses an action completed before another past action or event. It is formed by using 'had' with the past participle of the verb. Examples include "had taken", "had gone", "had left", etc. It's often used to report or signal events out of chronological order.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of past perfect in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of past perfect in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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