Future
WordNet
adjective
(1) Yet to be or coming
"Some future historian will evaluate him"
(2) Effective in or looking toward the future
"He was preparing for future employment opportunities"
(3) A verb tense or other formation referring to events or states that have not yet happened
"Future auxiliary"
noun
(4) Bulk commodities bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date
(5) A verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future
(6) The time yet to come
WiktionaryText
Etymology
From Latin futurus, irregular future participle of .
Noun
- The time ahead; those moments yet to be experienced.
- Something that will happen in moments yet to come.
- (grammatical terminology): verb tense used to talk about events that will happen in the future. future tense
- (plural) Commodities or stocks bought or sold with the understanding that they will be delivered at a date beyond the current one.
Adjective
future
- Having to do with or occurring in the future.
- Future generations will either laugh or cry at our stupidity.