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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]

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"

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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