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ALL meanings of future

fu·ture
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  • noun future time that is to be or come hereafter. 1
  • noun future something that will exist or happen in time to come: The future is rooted in the past. 1
  • noun future a condition, especially of success or failure, to come: Some people believe a gypsy can tell you your future. 1
  • noun future Grammar. the future tense. another future formation or construction. a form in the future, as He will come. 1
  • noun future Usually, futures. speculative purchases or sales of commodities for future receipt or delivery. 1
  • adjective future that is to be or come hereafter: future events; on some future day. 1
  • adjective future pertaining to or connected with time to come: one's future prospects; future plans. 1
  • adjective future Grammar. noting or pertaining to a tense or other verb formation or construction that refers to events or states in time to come. 1
  • noun future At a later time; going or likely to happen or exist. 1
  • noun future time 1
  • adjective future of times to come 1
  • adjective future grammar 1
  • noun future a future state 1
  • abbreviation FUTURE finance 1
  • noun future The time ahead; those moments yet to be experienced. 0
  • noun future Something that will happen in moments yet to come. 0
  • noun future Goodness in what is yet to come. Something to look forward to. 0
  • noun future (grammar) Verb tense used to talk about events that will happen in the future; future tense. 0
  • noun future (finance) A standardized, tradable agreement between two parties that one will sell and the other will buy a specific commodity at a specific later date and a specific price. 0
  • noun future (computing, programming) An object that retrieves the value of a promise. 0
  • adjective future Having to do with or occurring in the future. 0
  • singular noun future The future is the period of time that will come after the present, or the things that will happen then. 0
  • adjective future Future things will happen or exist after the present time. 0
  • countable noun future Someone's future, or the future of something, is what will happen to them or what they will do after the present time. 0
  • countable noun future If you say that someone or something has a future, you mean that they are likely to be successful or to survive. 0
  • noun plural future When people trade in futures, they buy stocks and shares, commodities such as coffee or oil, or foreign currency at a price that is agreed at the time of purchase for items which are delivered some time in the future. 0
  • adjective future In grammar, the future tense of a verb is the one used to talk about things that are going to happen. In English, this applies to verb groups consisting of 'will' or 'shall' and the base form of a verb. The future perfect tense of a verb is used to talk about things that will have happened at some time in the future. 0
  • noun future the time yet to come 0
  • noun future undetermined events that will occur in that time 0
  • noun future the condition of a person or thing at a later date 0
  • noun future likelihood of later improvement or advancement 0
  • noun future a tense of verbs used when the action or event described is to occur after the time of utterance 0
  • noun future a verb in this tense 0
  • adjective future that is yet to come or be 0
  • adjective future of or expressing time yet to come 0
  • adjective future destined to become 0
  • adjective future in or denoting the future as a tense of verbs 0
  • adjective future that is to be or come; of days, months, or years ahead 0
  • adjective future indicating time to come 0
  • noun future the time that is to come; days, months, or years ahead 0
  • noun future what will happen; what is going to be 0
  • noun future the prospective or potential condition of a person or thing; esp., the chance to achieve, succeed, etc. 0
  • noun future a contract for a specific commodity bought or sold for delivery at a later date 0
  • noun future the future tense 0
  • noun future a verb form or phrase in this tense 0
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