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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A verb tense that expresses action completed by a specified time in the future and that is formed in English by combining will have or shall have with a past participle.
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- noun grammar A
tense that expressesaction completed at sometime in thefuture ; inEnglish it is formed by use of will have (or shall have) and apast participle
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a perfective tense used to describe action that will be completed in the future
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