perfect tense
51future perfect — /fjutʃə ˈpɜfəkt/ (say fyoohchuh perfuhkt) Grammar –adjective 1. perfect with respect to a temporal point of reference in the future. 2. designating a tense which usually denotes an action or state which will have been completed and past at some… …
52past future perfect — I. adjective Etymology: past (I) + future perfect, 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… …
53Future perfect (disambiguation) — The future perfect tense is a grammatical tense.Future perfect can also refer to:* Future Perfect , a 2004 album by Autolux * Futureperfect , a 2002 album by VNV Nation * TimeSplitters Future Perfect , a 2005 video game developed by Free Radical… …
54future perfect — Gram. 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… …
55pluperfect tense — noun Tense of verb conjugated by adding had before the past participle of a verb. Examples: Syn: past perfect, past perfect tense …
56future perfect — fu′ture per′fect adj. 1) gram. of or designating a verb tense or form indicating that the action or state expressed by the verb will be completed by or extend up to a time in the future, and consisting in English of will have followed by a past… …
57past perfect — past′ per′fect adj. 1) gram. pertaining to or being a verb tense or form indicating that the action or state expressed by the verb was completed prior to a point of reference in the past or that it extended up to or had results continuing up to… …
58present perfect — pres′ent per′fect adj. 1) gram. of, pertaining to, or being a verb tense or form indicating that the action or state expressed by the verb was completed prior to the present or that it extends up to or has results continuing up to the present,… …
59present perfect — noun A perfect tense that expresses action completed at the present time; in English it is formed by using the present tense of have with a past participle …
60past imperfect tense — noun A grammatical tense which expresses the past as an action which was still going on at the point in time described, say someone was ...ing something, as opposed to the already accomplished counterpart past perfect tense (where the action took …
