past future perfect

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adjective

: of, relating to, or constituting a verb tense that is traditionally formed in English with would have or should have and denotes an action or state completed at a time formerly in prospect (as would have finished in "on Monday I saw that by Friday he would have finished")

past future perfect

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noun

1

: the past future perfect tense of a language

2

: a verb form in the past future perfect tense

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Adjective

past entry 1 + future perfect, adjective

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