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Definition the future perfect in British English

the future perfect noun

noun
1

the tense used to talk about actions or states that will be finished or in progress at a particular time in the future. The future perfect consists of 'will have' and a past participle, for example 'will have risen' in the sentence 'It's likely that by 2100, average world temperatures will have risen by two to five degrees'.

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Definition the future perfect in British English