Definitions for: 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"



Webster (1913) Definition: 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]

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

Antonyms: past, past, past times, present(a), yesteryear, yore

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

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