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future

/ˈfjuːt͡ʃə/

noun

Meaning

  • 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.

    "There is no future in dwelling on the past."

  • 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.

  • An object that retrieves the value of a promise.

  • A minor-league prospect.

Synonyms

to-come,
toward

adjective

Meaning

  • Having to do with or occurring in the future.

    "Future generations will either laugh or cry at our stupidity."

Synonyms

unborn

noun

Meaning

  • Short for futures contract.