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   future

   /ˈfjuːtʃə/

   noun

   • 1. a period of time following the moment of speaking or writing; time regarded as still to come: "we plan on getting married in the near future" Similar time to cometime aheadwhat lay/lies aheadcoming timesthe fullness of timeformal:hereafterOpposite past
   • ▪ events that will or are likely to happen in time to come: "nobody can predict the future"
   • ▪ the likely prospects for or fate of someone or something in time to come: "MPs will debate the future of the railways" Similar destinyfatefortunedoomprospectsexpectationschanceslikely success/advancement/improvement
   • ▪ a prospect of success or happiness: "he'd decided that there was no future in the gang"
   • ▪ a tense expressing an action that has not yet happened.
   • 2. contracts for assets (especially commodities or shares) bought at agreed prices but delivered and paid for later.

   adjective

   • 1. at a later time; going or likely to happen or exist: "the needs of future generations" Similar laterfollowingensuingsucceedingsubsequentupcomingto comecomingOpposite past
   • ▪ (of a person) planned or destined to hold a specified position: "his future wife" Similar destinedintendedplannedto beprospectiveexpectedanticipated
   • ▪ existing after death: "heaven and the future life with Christ"
   • ▪ (of a tense) expressing an action that has not yet happened.

   Word Origin late Middle English: via Old French from Latin futurus, future participle of esse ‘be’ (from the stem fu-, ultimately from a base meaning ‘grow, become’).

   Derivatives

   • 1. futureless adjective

   Scrabble Points: 9

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishFUTURE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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     FUTURE meaning: 1. a period of time that is to come: 2. the...

   • Future: Arabic Translation

     FUTURE translate: مُسْتَقْبَل, مُسْتَقْبَل. Learn more in...

   • Future Spanish Translation

     FUTURE translate: futuro, futuro, futuro, futuro...

   • Future: Russian Translation

     FUTURE translate: будущее, будущее, перспективы, будущий ....

   • Future: German Translation

     FUTURE translate: die Zukunft, (zu-)künftig, die Zukunft,...

   • Future: Thai Translation

     FUTURE translate: อนาคต, (คำกริยา) ในอนาคตกาล, ในอนาคต....

   • Future: Catalan Translation

     FUTURE translate: futur, (del) futur. Learn more in the...

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   Future is a noun, adjective, or tense that refers to time after the present. Learn the meaning, usage, and history of future with Dictionary.com.

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   You might dream of becoming a doctor in the future, or you're looking forward to the weekend, just days away but still in the future. Now is the present, yesterday is the past, and tomorrow is the future, the opposite of the past.

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