future perfect

noun

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.

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Meanings

nounfuture perfect (plural future perfects or futures perfect)

plural future perfects · plural futures perfect

  1. grammarA 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.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna perfective tense used to describe action that will be completed in the future

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future perfect tense
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perfectiveperfective tenseperfect

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Dutch voltooid tegenwoordig toekomende tijd
  • voltooid tegenwoordig toekomende tijda tense that expresses action completed at some time in the future
Finnish futuurin perfekti
  • futuurin perfektia tense that expresses action completed at some time in the future
French futur antérieur
  • futur antérieura tense that expresses action completed at some time in the future
German Futur II, Vorzukunft
  • Futur IIa tense that expresses action completed at some time in the future
  • Vorzukunfta tense that expresses action completed at some time in the future
Hungarian befejezett jövő
  • befejezett jövőa tense that expresses action completed at some time in the future
Irish fáistineach foirfe
  • fáistineach foirfea tense that expresses action completed at some time in the future
Italian futuro anteriore
  • futuro anteriorea tense that expresses action completed at some time in the future
Japanese 未来完了時制
  • 未来完了時制 (mirai-kanryō-jisei)a tense that expresses action completed at some time in the future
Polish czas przyszły dokonany, czas zaprzyszły
  • czas przyszły dokonanya tense that expresses action completed at some time in the future
  • czas zaprzyszłya tense that expresses action completed at some time in the future
Portuguese futuro perfeito
  • futuro perfeitoa tense that expresses action completed at some time in the future
Russian бу́дущее соверше́нное вре́мя
  • бу́дущее соверше́нное вре́мя (búduščeje soveršénnoje vrémja)a tense that expresses action completed at some time in the future
Spanish futuro compuesto
  • futuro compuestoa tense that expresses action completed at some time in the future
Cite this entry
APA

future perfect. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/future%20perfect

MLA

“future perfect.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/future%20perfect. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “future perfect,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/future%20perfect.

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