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.

What is a synonym for "past perfect"?

Common synonyms include: future, imperfect, past, past perfect tense, perfect, pluperfect.

noun

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Noun

1
A tense which describes actions that occurred before another action or event in the past; the pluperfect or the past anterior tense. uncountable
2
a perfective tense used to express action completed in the past wordnet