Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

future continuous

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.18 in modern English

Syllables: fu-ture -con-tin-u-ous
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

6

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

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.

Phrases

future perfect continuous

Frequently Paired Words

future perfect continuous

Synonyms

future progressive

Questions

What does future continuous mean?: 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.

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