in the future tense
1(the) future tense — the future tense UK US noun linguistics the verb tense used for talking about future time Thesaurus: verb forms and tenseshyponym …
2the future tense — UK / US noun linguistics the verb tense used for talking about future time …
3On Paradise Drive: How We Live Now (And Always Have) in the Future Tense —   Author(s) …
4Future tense — In grammar, the future tense is a verb form that marks the event described by the verb as not having happened yet, but expected to happen in the future (in an absolute tense system), or to happen subsequent to some other event, whether that is… …
5future tense — noun a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future • Syn: ↑future • Hypernyms: ↑tense * * * noun : a verb tense traditionally formed in English with will and shall and expressive of time yet to come * * * future tense …
6Future tense — Future Fu ture (?; 135), a. [F. futur, L. futurus, used as fut. p. of esse to be, but from the same root as E. be. See {Be}, v. i.] That is to be or come hereafter; that will exist at any time after the present; as, the next moment is future, to… …
7(the) future perfect tense — the ˌfuture ˈperfect 7 [future perfect] (also the ˌfuture ˌperfect ˈtense) noun singular …
8future tense, the — noun LINGUISTICS the verb tense used for talking about future time …
9(the) perfect tense — the perfect tense UK US noun linguistics the form of a verb that is used for talking about an action that has been completed before the present time. In the sentence ‘Sharon has gone home’, ‘has gone’ is the perfect tense of ‘go’. Thesaurus: verb …
10(the) future perfect — the future perfect UK US noun linguistics the verb tense used for showing that an action will be finished at a particular time in the future The future perfect in English is formed using ‘will have’, as in ‘He will have finished the work by… …
