"future perfect" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: future perfects [plural], futures perfect [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|s|futures perfect}} future perfect (plural future perfects or futures perfect)
  1. (grammar) A tense that expresses action completed at some time in the future; in English it is formed by use of will have (or shall have) and a past participle Categories (topical): Grammar, Tenses Related terms: future perfect continuous Translations (a tense that expresses action completed at some time in the future): voltooid tegenwoordig toekomende tijd (Dutch), futuurin perfekti (Finnish), futur antérieur [masculine] (French), Futur II [neuter] (German), befejezett jövő (Hungarian), fáistineach foirfe [masculine] (Irish), futuro anteriore (Italian), 未来完了時制 (mirai-kanryō-jisei) (Japanese), പൂർണ്ണഭാവികാലം (pūṟṇṇabhāvikālaṁ) (Malayalam), czas zaprzyszły [masculine] (Polish), futuro perfeito [masculine] (Portuguese), бу́дущее соверше́нное вре́мя (búduščeje soveršénnoje vrémja) [neuter] (Russian), futuro compuesto [masculine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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