future perfect

[ fyoo-cher pur-fikt ]

noun

1. a verb construction, in English made up of the auxiliary verb will followed by a verb in the present perfect, used to express an action or state to be completed at or before a particular point of reference in time to come, such as By this time tomorrow, you will have given your speech and Next month she will have been cancer-free for six years.

adjective

1. designating a verb construction used to express an action or state to be completed at or before a particular point of reference in time to come.

future perfect

adjective

1. denoting a tense of verbs describing an action that will have been performed by a certain time. In English this is formed with will have or shall have plus the past participle

noun

1. 1. the future perfect tense
   2. a verb in this tense

Word History and Origins

Origin of future perfect¹

First recorded in 1895–1900