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future continuous

future continuous noun: a tense used to express an ongoing action in the future. In English it is formed by use of will be (or shall be) and a present participle.

Noun

future continuous (plural not attested)

  1. (no plural) A tense used to express an ongoing action in the future. In English it is formed by use of will be (or shall be) and a present participle.

Synonyms of future continuous

Questions about future continuous

What does future continuous mean?
Future continuous means a tense used to express an ongoing action in the future. In English it is formed by use of will be (or shall be) and a present participle.
What part of speech is future continuous?
Future continuous is a noun.

Words near future continuous in the dictionary

  1. futuramic
  2. futurate
  3. futurates
  4. future
  5. future bass
  6. future continuous
  7. future contract
  8. future contracts
  9. future endeavor
  10. future endeavored
  11. future endeavoring

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