FUTURE

future

(adjective) yet to be or coming; “some future historian will evaluate him”

future

(adjective) effective in or looking toward the future; “he was preparing for future employment opportunities”

future

(adjective) a verb tense or other formation referring to events or states that have not yet happened; “future auxiliary”

future

(noun) bulk commodities bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date

future, future tense

(noun) a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future

future, hereafter, futurity, time to come

(noun) the time yet to come

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

future (countable and uncountable, plural futures)

The time ahead; those moments yet to be experienced.

Something that will happen in moments yet to come.

Goodness in what is yet to come. Something to look forward to.

The likely prospects for or fate of someone or something in time to come.

(grammar) Verb tense used to talk about events that will happen in the future; future tense.

(finance) Alternative form of futures

(computing, programming) An object that retrieves the value of a promise.

(sports) A minor-league prospect.

Usage notes

• (finance): The one who agrees to, at a future date, sell the commodity is considered to be selling the future; the other buys it.

• (finance): A non-standardized contract to buy and sell in the future is called forward or forward contract.

Synonyms

• (time or moments yet to be experienced): to-come, toward (obsolete); see also the future

Coordinate terms

• (finance): forward

Adjective

future (not comparable)

Having to do with or occurring in the future.

Synonyms

• unborn; see also future

Source: Wiktionary

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Fu"ture, a. Etym: [F. futur, L. futurus, used as fut. p. of esse to be, but from the same root as E. be. See Be, v. i.]

Definition: 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. Etym: [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.)

Definition: A future tense. To deal in futures, to speculate on the future values of merchandise or stocks. [Brokers' cant]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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