<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>Also past perfect.</li><li>A verb construction, in English made up of the past tense auxiliary verb <em>had</em> followed by the past participle of the main verb, used to express an action or state that was already complete before a particular point of reference in the past, such as "He had cleaned the place up before I arrived" and "Yesterday she told me she had been in the hospital for a week."</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>Past perfect.</li><li>Grammar. Designating a verb construction used to express an action or state that was already complete before a particular point of reference in the past.</li><li>More than perfect: "He spoke the language with pluperfect precision."</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>