future progressive

Definitions of future progressive
  1. noun
    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”
    synonyms: future progressive tense
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    type of:
    continuous tense, imperfect, imperfect tense, progressive, progressive tense
    a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going
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