Phrase guide

future perfect continuous

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A tense used to express an ongoing action completed after some time in the future; in English formed by use of will have been (or shall have been) and a present participle.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: no-plural

Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

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Translations

4 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Hungarian: folyamatos befejezett jövő — grammar: a tense used to express an ongoing action completed after some time in the future
  • Korean: 미래진행완료 (miraejinhaeng'wallyo) — grammar: a tense used to express an ongoing action completed after some time in the future
  • Korean: 올적나아가기끝남 (oljeongnaagagikkeunnam) — grammar: a tense used to express an ongoing action completed after some time in the future
  • Malayalam: തുടർച്ചാഭാവികാലം (tuṭaṟccābhāvikālaṁ) — grammar: a tense used to express an ongoing action completed after some time in the future