Grammatical tense (verb form), that is used for events that happen before a point of reference in the past. The reference is given in the context of the story.
a perfective tense used to express action completed in the past; "`Ihad finished' is an example of the past perfect"
more than perfect; "he spoke with pluperfect precision"
(linguistics) of or relating to the pat perfect tense of verbs; "pluperfect endings"
a perfective tense used to express action completed in the past; "`I had finished'' is an example of the past perfect"
a perfective tense used to express action completed in the past
