obtain
verb (used with object)
to come into possession of; get, acquire, or procure, as through an effort or by a request.
will have obtained
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future perfectof obtain.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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Brady will be appearing in his 10th Super Bowl and if the Buccaneers can beat the Kansas City Chiefs, he will have obtained his seventh ring.
From Fox News ● Jan. 30, 2021
GSK has a vaccine in early clinical development and by year-end will have obtained data that hopefully will show that the vaccine can generate a good immune response and is safe in humans.
From Forbes ● Nov. 10, 2014
Just whisper to him that when he has an infinite number of cars with an infinitesimal difference in their lengths, he will have obtained that infinite speed for which he seems to yearn.
From Stories by American Authors, Volume 5 by Henry James
By to-morrow morning I will have obtained the sheriff’s leave, and he will most likely have heard from London.”
From A Dark Night's Work by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Well, the school will have obtained a reputation by that time.
From Sister Teresa by George (George Augustus) Moore
