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Definition of the future perfect noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

the future perfect

noun

/ðə ˌfjuːtʃə ˈpɜːfɪkt/

/ðə ˌfjuːtʃər ˈpɜːrfɪkt/

(also the future perfect tense)

[singular] (grammar)

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the form of a verb that expresses an action completed before a particular point in the future, formed in English with will have or shall have and the past participle

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