future perfect

English

Noun

future perfect (plural future perfects or futures perfect)

(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
The sentence “In a few years time I will have moved to another country” is in the future perfect.

Related terms

future perfect continuous

Translations

Translations

Dutch: voltooid tegenwoordig toekomende tijd (nl)
Finnish: futuurin perfekti
Irish: fáistineach foirfe m
Italian: futuro anteriore (it)

Japanese: 未来完了時制 (mirai-kanryō-jisei)
Portuguese: futuro perfeito m
Russian: бу́дущее соверше́нное вре́мя n (búduščeje soveršénnoje vrémja)
Spanish: futuro compuesto (es) m

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