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future perfect

 noun
     
future perfect technical

the future perfect

SLG the form of a verb that shows that the action described will be complete before a particular time in the future, formed in English by 'will have' or 'shall have', as in 'I will have finished by 5 o'clock.'
—future perfect adjective
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