noun
a perfective tense used to describe action that will be completed in the future
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`I will have finished' is an example of the future perfect
• Syn: ↑future perfect tense
• Hypernyms: ↑perfective, ↑perfective tense, ↑perfect, ↑perfect tense
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noun [noncount]
grammar : a verb tense that is used to refer to an action that will be completed by a specified time in the future
The future perfect in English is formed with “will have” and “shall have,” as in “They will have left by the time we arrive.”
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the form of a verb that expresses an action completed before a particular point in the future, formed in English with will have or shall have and the past participle
Useful english dictionary. 2012.