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Future

Future Meaning & Definition
Future Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Future?

[n] bulk commodities bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date
[n] a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future
[n] the time yet to come
[adj] yet to be or coming; "some future historian will evaluate him"
[adj] effective in or looking toward the future; "he was preparing for future employment opportunities"
[adj] (grammar) a verb tense or other formation referring to events or states that have not yet happened; "future auxiliary"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Future: approaching | coming(a) | early | emerging | forthcoming | future day | future tense | futurity | hereafter | in store(p) | prospective(a) | prox | proximo | rising | time to come | upcoming

Related Terms | Find terms related to Future: about to be | affianced | aftertime | afterward | already in sight | aorist | appointed lot | approaching | astral influences | astrology | at hand | betrothed | book of fate | brewing | bride-to-be | by-and-by | close | close at hand | coming | constellation | cup | desired | destinal | destination | destined | destiny | determined | dies funestis | doom | durative | emergent | end | eventual | expected | extrapolated | fatal | fatality | fate | fated | fatidic | fiance | fiancee | following | foredoom | forthcoming | fortune | Friday | Friday the thirteenth | future perfect | futuristic | gathering | going to happen | hereafter | historical present | hoped-for | ides of March | immediate | imminent | impendent | impending | imperfect | in danger imminent | in prospect | in reserve | in store | in the cards | in the offing | in the wind | in view | inevitability | instant | intended | kismet | later | looming | lot | lowering | lurking | menacing | moira | near | near at hand | nearing | offing | on the horizon | overhanging | past | past perfect | perfect | planets | planned | plotted | pluperfect | point tense | portion | predicted | preparing | present | present perfect | preterit | probable | progressive tense | projected | prophesied | prospective | stars | subsequent | tense | that will be | threatening | time to come | to come | to-be | tomorrow | ultimate | unborn | unlucky day | upcoming | waiting | weird | wheel of fortune | will of Heaven

See Also | by-and-by | commodity | goods | incoming | millennium | offing | oil future | petroleum future | prospective | soybean future | tense | time | tomorrow | trade goods | wheat future

Future In Webster's Dictionary

\Fu"ture\ (?; 135), a. [F. futur, L. futurus, used as fut. p. of esse to be, but from the same root as E. be. See {Be}, v. i.] That is to be or come hereafter; that will exist at any time after the present; as, the next moment is future, to the present. {Future tense} (Gram.), the tense or modification of a verb which expresses a future act or event.
\Fu"ture\, n. [Cf. F. futur. See {Future}, a.] 1. Time to come; time subsequent to the present (as, the future shall be as the present); collectively, events that are to happen in time to come. ``Lay the future open.'' --Shak. 2. The possibilities of the future; -- used especially of prospective success or advancement; as, he had great future before him. 3. (Gram.) A future tense. {To deal in futures}, to speculate on the future values of merchandise or stocks. [Brokers' cant]

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