PAST PERFECT

Meaning of PAST PERFECT in English

(also the ˌpast ˌperfect ˈtense , the plu·per·fect ) noun

[ sing. ] ( grammar ) the form of a verb that expresses an action completed before a particular point in the past, formed in English with had and the past participle

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

PAST PERFECT — adjective Date: 1889 of, relating to, or constituting a verb tense that is traditionally formed in English with had and …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
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
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
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 — [past perfect] adj (1889): of, relating to, or constituting a verb tense that is traditionally formed in English with had …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
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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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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