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Future : adj
1: yet to be or coming; "some future historian will evaluate
him" [ant: past, present(a)]
2: effective in or looking toward the future; "he was preparing
for future employment opportunities"
3: coming at a subsequent time or stage; "the future president
entered college at the age of 16"; "awaiting future
actions on the bill"; "later developments"; "without
ulterior argument" [syn: future(a), later(a), ulterior]
4: (of elected officers) elected but not yet serving; "our next
president" [syn: future(a), next, succeeding(a)]
5: a verb tense or other formation referring to events or
states that have not yet happened; "future auxiliary"
(noun)
1: the time yet to come [syn: hereafter, futurity, time to
come] [ant: past]
2: a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future
[syn: future tense]
3: bulk commodities bought or sold at an agreed price for
delivery at a specified future date
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Future : \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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Future : \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]
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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