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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a perfective tense used to describe action that will be completed in the future
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- `I will have finished' is an example of the future perfect
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: future perfect tense
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: perfective, perfective tense, perfect, perfect tense
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Dutch:
voltooid tegenwoordig toekomende tijd
— a tense that expresses action completed at some time in the future
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Finnish:
futuurin perfekti
— a tense that expresses action completed at some time in the future
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French:
futur antérieur
— a tense that expresses action completed at some time in the future
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German:
Futur II
— a tense that expresses action completed at some time in the future
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Hungarian:
befejezett jövő
— a tense that expresses action completed at some time in the future
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Irish:
fáistineach foirfe
— a tense that expresses action completed at some time in the future
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Italian:
futuro anteriore
— a tense that expresses action completed at some time in the future
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Japanese:
未来完了時制
(mirai-kanryō-jisei)
— a tense that expresses action completed at some time in the future
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Malayalam:
പൂർണ്ണഭാവികാലം
(pūṟṇṇabhāvikālaṁ)
— a tense that expresses action completed at some time in the future
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Polish:
czas zaprzyszły
— a tense that expresses action completed at some time in the future
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Portuguese:
futuro perfeito
— a tense that expresses action completed at some time in the future
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Romansh:
futur II
— a tense that expresses action completed at some time in the future
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Russian:
бу́дущее соверше́нное вре́мя
(búduščeje soveršénnoje vrémja)
— a tense that expresses action completed at some time in the future
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Spanish:
futuro compuesto
— a tense that expresses action completed at some time in the future
