future perfect

English

Noun

future perfect (plural future perfects or futures perfect)

1. (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

a tense that expresses action completed at some time in the future

• Dutch: voltooid tegenwoordig toekomende tijd (nl)
• Finnish: futuurin perfekti
• French: futur antérieur (fr) m
• German: Futur II (de) n
• Hungarian: befejezett jövő
• Irish: fáistineach foirfe m
• Italian: futuro anteriore (it)
• Japanese: 未来完了時制 (mirai-kanryō-jisei)
• Malayalam: പൂർണ്ണഭാവികാലം (pūṟṇṇabhāvikālaṃ)
• Polish: czas zaprzyszły m
• Portuguese: futuro perfeito m
• Russian: бу́дущее соверше́нное вре́мя n (búduščeje soveršénnoje vrémja)
• Spanish: futuro compuesto (es) m