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Preterperfect

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preterimperfectnoun(grammar, archaic) The imperfect tense.
preteritenoun(grammar) A grammatical tense or verb form serving to denote events that took place or were completed in the past.
preterpluperfectnoun(grammar, archaic) The pluperfect.
plusperfectnounArchaic form of pluperfect. [The pluperfect tense, the past perfect.]
perfectWithout fault or mistake; without flaw, of supreme quality.
perfective(grammar) Of, or relative to, the perfect tense or perfective aspect.
preteritnoun(uncommon, US) Alternative form of preterite. [(grammar) A grammatical tense or verb form serving to denote events that took place or were completed in the past.]
past perfectnounA tense which describes actions that occurred before another action or event in the past; the pluperfect or the past anterior tense.
perfectivizationnoun(grammar) The process of forming a perfective verb from the imperfective verbal stem.
preterite tensenoun(grammar) A verb tense indicating action in the past and marked by verb inflection; the preterite.
preterite-presentnounA preterite-present verb.
pluperfectnounThe pluperfect tense, the past perfect.
past perfect continuousnoun(grammar) A tense that expresses an unbroken action continuing up to a certain time in the past. In English it is formed by using had been with a present participle.
secondary tensenoun(grammar) In English, the analytic distinction between perfect and non-perfect verb phrases.
present perfectnoun(grammar) A perfect tense that expresses action in the past (usually completed) with consequences in the present time.
pret.nounAbbreviation of preterite. [(grammar) A grammatical tense or verb form serving to denote events that took place or were completed in the past.]
past anteriornoun(grammar) A compound tense used in literary French, Spanish, Portuguese and Italian, in function a pluperfect, and in form composed of the conjunction of the simple past tense of an auxiliary verb (avoir, être) with the past participle. Example: Après que la femme et l'homme l'eurent remercié = After the woman and the man had thanked him
past imperfect tensenounA grammatical tense which expresses the past as an action which was still going on at the point in time described, say someone "was ...ing" something, as opposed to the already accomplished counterpart past perfect tense (where the action took place even further in the past)
pluperfect tensenoun(grammar, of a verb) Tense of a verb used when referring to something that happened before a past setting or the imperfect; formed in English by adding had before the past participle of a verb, or by adding had been before the present participle of the verb.
perfect systemnounIn Latin, the three perfect tenses: perfect, future perfect, and pluperfect or past perfect, as contrasted with the present system: present, future, and imperfect. A verb in the perfect system indicates an action that has completed.

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