1. a perfective tense used to describe action that will be completed in the future; - Example: "`I will have finished' is an example of the future perfect" [syn: future perfect, future perfect tense]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
future perfect tense
n 1: a perfective tense used to describe action that will be
completed in the future; "`I will have finished' is an
example of the future perfect" [syn: future perfect,
future perfect tense]