Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

past perfect

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.97 in modern English

Syllables: past per-fect
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A tense which describes actions that occurred before another action or event in the past; the pluperfect or the past anterior tense.

Uncountable

Usage

Uncountable

Phrases

past perfect continuous

Synonyms

past perfect tense pluperfect pluperfect tense

Questions

What does past perfect mean?: A tense which describes actions that occurred before another action or event in the past; the pluperfect or the past anterior tense.

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