future continuous tense

The future continuous tense (also known as the future progressive) is used to describe an unfinished action occurring in the future. This action can either begin in the future, or it can already be in progress in the present and continue into the future.

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future progressive - a progressive tense used to express action that will be on-going in the future; "`I will be running' is an example of the future progressive"

future progressive tense

continuous tense, imperfect, imperfect tense, progressive, progressive tense - a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going

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