FUTURE PERFECT


Meaning of FUTURE PERFECT in English

Gram.

1. perfect with respect to a temporal point of reference in time to come; completed with respect to a time in the future, esp. when incomplete with respect to the present.

2. noting or pertaining to a tense or other verb formation or construction with such reference.

3. the future perfect tense.

4. another verb formation or construction with future perfect meaning.

5. a form in the future perfect, as He will have come.

[ 1895-1900 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .