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future perfect

adjective

Definition of future perfect 

: of, relating to, or constituting a verb tense that is traditionally formed in English with will have and shall have and that expresses completion of an action by a specified time that is yet to come

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future perfect noun

First Known Use of future perfect

circa 1898, in the meaning defined above

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