| 1. | perfect with respect to a temporal point of reference in time to come; completed with respect to a time in the future, esp. when incomplete with respect to the present. |
| 2. | noting or pertaining to a tense or other verb formation or construction with such reference. |
| 3. | the future perfect tense. |
| 4. | another verb formation or construction with future perfect meaning. |
| 5. | a form in the future perfect, as He will have come. |
| future perfect n. 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. |