contract
noun
an agreement between two or more parties for the doing or not doing of something specified.
will have contracted
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future perfectof contract.future perfect
Used to describe an action that will be fully completed or achieved by a specific point in the future.
Example Sentences
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Most everyone will have contracted COVID-19 or been vaccinated, acquiring some immunity.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 11, 2022
In less than five million years, the sun will have contracted to half its present bulk.
From A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition by Agnes M. (Agnes Mary) Clerke
And the Parses will divide into sects, so much the more numerous, as their families will have contracted, during their dispersion, the manners and opinions of different nations.
From The Ruins, or, Meditation on the Revolutions of Empires and the Law of Nature by C.-F. (Constantin-François) Volney
In a million years from now the world will have contracted and expanded often.
From The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 by Kenneth Morris
