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future perfect

fu·ture per·fect
F f

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [fyoo-cher adjective, noun pur-fikt]
    • /ˈfyu tʃər adjective, noun ˈpɜr fɪkt/
    • /ˈfjuːtʃə(r) ˈpɜːfɪkt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [fyoo-cher adjective, noun pur-fikt]
    • /ˈfyu tʃər adjective, noun ˈpɜr fɪkt/

Definitions of future perfect words

  • adjective future perfect perfect with respect to a temporal point of reference in time to come; completed with respect to a time in the future, especially when incomplete with respect to the present. 1
  • adjective future perfect noting or pertaining to a tense or other verb formation or construction with such reference. 1
  • noun future perfect the future perfect tense. 1
  • noun future perfect another verb formation or construction with future perfect meaning. 1
  • noun future perfect a form in the future perfect, as He will have come. 1
  • adjective future perfect 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 0
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Origin of future perfect

First appearance:

before 1895
One of the 18% newest English words
First recorded in 1895-1900

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Parts of speech for Future perfect

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Future perfect

future perfect popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 29% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data about 61% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

future perfect usage trend in Literature

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