PAST PERFECT

Meaning of PAST PERFECT in English

[past perfect] adj (1889): of, relating to, or constituting a verb tense that is traditionally formed in English with had and denotes an action or state as completed at or before a past time spoken of -- past perfect n

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PAST PERFECT — adjective Date: 1889 of, relating to, or constituting a verb tense that is traditionally formed in English with had and …
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PAST PERFECT — I. adjective Etymology: past (I) + perfect, adjective : of, relating to, or constituting a verb tense that is traditionally …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PAST PERFECT — Gram. pluperfect. [ 1885-90 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PAST PERFECT — pluperfect which is a grammatical tense which places one past action in relation to another past action
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PAST PERFECT — Date: 1889 : of, relating to, or constituting a verb tense that is traditionally formed in English with had and …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PAST PERFECT — Function: adjective Date: 1889 : of, relating to, or constituting a verb tense that is traditionally formed in English with …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
PAST PERFECT — ■ adjective &noun another term for pluperfect .
Concise Oxford English vocab
PAST PERFECT — (also the ˌpast ˌperfect ˈtense , the plu·per·fect ) noun [ sing. ] ( grammar ) the form of a …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PAST PERFECT — ˌpast ˈperfect BrE AmE noun [singular] technical the form of a verb that shows that the action described by the …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PAST PERFECT — In grammar, the past perfect tenses of a verb are the ones used to talk about things that happened before …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PAST PERFECT — In grammar, the ~ tenses of a verb are the ones used to talk about things that happened before a …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
PAST PERFECT — прошедшее совершенное время прошедшее совершенное, перфектное время
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PAST PERFECT — Плюсквамперфект
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
PAST PERFECT — прошедшее совершенное, перфектное время
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PAST PERFECT — прошедшее совершенное время
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
PAST PERFECT — прошедшее совершенное, перфектное время
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
PAST PERFECT — прошедшее совершенное, перфектное время
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
PAST PERFECT — прошедшее совершенное время
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
PAST PERFECT — прошедшее совершенное время
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
PAST PERFECT — прошедшее совершенное время прошедшее совершенное, перфектное время
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
PAST PERFECT — Прошедшее совершенное время ^Past time 1) Образование форм Past perfect а) Утвердительные формы: Утвердительные формы Past perfect образуются с помощью вспомогательного глагола have в …
Англо-Русский грамматический словарь
PERFECT — I. ˈpərfikt, ˈpə̄f-, ˈpəif-, -fēkt adjective ( sometimes -er/-est ) Etymology: alteration (influenced by Latin perfectus ) of Middle English …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PAST — I. ˈpast, ˈpaa(ə)st, ˈpaist, ˈpȧst adjective Etymology: Middle English passed, past, from past participle of passen to pass 1. a. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PERFECT — — perfectedly , adv. — perfecter , n. — perfectness , n. adj. , n. /perr"fikt/ ; v. /peuhr fekt"/ …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PAST — /past, pahst/ , adj. 1. gone by or elapsed in time: It was a bad time, but it's all past …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PERFECT — I. ˈpər-fikt adjective Etymology: Middle English parfit, from Anglo-French, from Latin perfectus, from past participle of perficere to carry out, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PAST — I. ˈpast adjective Etymology: Middle English, from past participle of passen to pass Date: 14th century 1. a. : ago …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PERFECT — adj well informed; certain; sure. 2. perfect ·noun the perfect tense, or a form in that tense. 3. perfect ·adj …
Webster English vocab
PAST — adv by; beyond; as, he ran past. 2. past ·prep above; exceeding; more than. 3. past ·prep beyond, in time; …
Webster English vocab
PERFECT — [per.fect] adj [ME parfit, fr. OF, fr. L perfectus, fr. pp. of perficere to carry out, perfect, fr. per- thoroughly …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PAST — [past] adj [ME, fr. pp. of passen to pass] (14c) 1 a: ago "12 years ~" b: just gone or …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PERFECT — I perfect verb BrE AmE pə ˈfekt pɜː- AmE p ə r- ▷ perfect|ed ɪd əd ▷ perfect|ing ɪŋ ▷ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PAST — past BrE AmE pɑːst § pæst AmE pæst ▶ ˌ past ˈ master BrE AmE ▶ ˌ past ˈ participle, …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PERFECT — adjective , verb , noun ■ adjective / ˈpɜːfɪkt; NAmE ˈpɜːrf-/ 1. having everything that is necessary; complete and without …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PAST — / pɑːst; NAmE pæst/ adjective , noun , preposition , adverb ■ adjective 1. gone by in time : in …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PERFECT — I. per ‧ fect 1 S2 W2 /ˈpɜːfɪkt $ ˈpɜːr-/ BrE AmE adjective [ Word Family: noun : ↑ perfection …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PAST — I. past 1 S1 W1 /pɑːst $ pæst/ BrE AmE adjective [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Origin: Old past participle of …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PERFECT — adj., v., & n. --adj. 1 complete; not deficient. 2 faultless (a perfect diamond). 3 very satisfactory (a perfect evening). …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PAST — adj., n., prep., & adv. --adj. 1 gone by in time and no longer existing (in past years; the time …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PERFECT — adj., v., & n. adj. 1 complete; not deficient. 2 faultless (a perfect diamond). 3 very satisfactory (a perfect evening). …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PAST — adj., n., prep., & adv. adj. 1 gone by in time and no longer existing (in past years; the time …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PERFECT — adj., v., & n. --adj. 1. complete; not deficient. 2 faultless (a perfect diamond). 3 very satisfactory (a perfect evening). …
Oxford English vocab
PAST — adj., n., prep., & adv. --adj. 1. gone by in time and no longer existing (in past years; the time …
Oxford English vocab
PERFECT — The adjective is pronounced /pɜ:(r)fɪkt/. The verb is pronounced /pə(r)fekt/. ( perfecting, perfected) Frequency: The word is one of the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PAST — ( pasts) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In addition to the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PAST — (~s) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In addition to the uses …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
PERFECT — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a classic/perfect/prime example (= very typical ) ▪ This is a classic example of …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PAST — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES (a) quarter past (sth) British English ( also (a) quarter after (sth) American English …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PAST — (BEYOND) [preposition], [adverb] [not gradable] - in or to a position that is beyond a particular pointI live on Station …
Cambridge English vocab
PERFECT — Synonyms and related words : KO, OK, absolute, accomplish, accomplished, accurate, achieve, adept, admitting no exception, adroit, all right, all-embracing, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PERFECT — adj. Function: adjective 1 Synonyms: WHOLE 1, entire, flawless, intact, sound, unblemished, unbroken, undamaged, unimpaired, uninjured Antonyms: imperfect 2 being …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
PERFECT — I. adjective 1. Synonyms: whole 1, entire, flawless, intact, sound, unblemished, unbroken, undamaged, unimpaired, uninjured Antonyms: imperfect 2. being entirely …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
PERFECT — INDEX: 1. very good, with nothing wrong 2. the best and most suitable person or thing 3. to make something …
Longman Activator English vocab
PERFECT — See ↑ GOOD 1, ↑ IMPROVE 3, ↑ PERFECT 1,2,3 ◆◆◆ • ↑ in an ideal world/in a perfect world …
Longman Activator English vocab
PAST — See ↑ AFTER 3, ↑ PASS/GO PAST 1, ↑ PAST 1, ↑ TIME 2 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be living in …
Longman Activator English vocab
PAST — INDEX: 1. the past 2. all the things that have happened in the past 3. when something happened or was …
Longman Activator English vocab
PERFECT — adj. 25B6; adjective she strove to be the perfect wife : IDEAL, model, without fault, faultless, flawless, consummate, quintessential, exemplary, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
PAST — n. 25B6; adjective memories of times past : GONE (BY), over (and done with), no more, done, bygone, former, (of) …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
PERFECT — adj. 1 complete, absolute, finished, (fully) realized, fulfilled, consummate, pure, entire, whole, perfected, best, ideal Many have called the building …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
PAST — adj. 1 over, done, finished, (over and) done with, gone (and forgotten), dead (and buried or gone), defunct The day …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
PAST — preposition 1 BAD : I was 8 years old when my father past away. GOOD : I was 8 years …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
PERFECT — 1. прил. 1) а) совершенный, безупречный; безукоризненный (без изъяна) Syn : consummate, flawless, ideal Ant : deficient, imperfect, flawed б) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PAST — 1. сущ. 1) прошлое; прошедшее in the past ≈ в прошлом to recapture the past ≈ вернуть прошлое checkered past …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PERFECT — perfect.ogg _I 1. ʹpɜ:fıkt a 1. 1> совершенный, безупречный, идеальный, прекрасный perfect beauty - совершенная красота perfect actress - замечательная …
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Merriam-Webster English vocab

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