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future
[ fyoo-cher ]
noun
- time that will be or come after the present:
In the future, the fines for these infractions may be much greater.
- something that will exist or happen in time to come:
The future is rooted in the past.
- a condition, especially of success or failure, to come:
An oracle had predicted the mighty hero's tragic future.
- Grammar. future tense ( def ).
- Usually futures. Stock Exchange. speculative purchases or sales of commodities to be received or delivered later on.
adjective
- coming or happening after the present time:
All these decisions are uncertain, as they depend on future events.
On some future day when you are least expecting it, I will return.
- relating to or connected with time to come:
I’m afraid my future plans are already made, and they don’t include farming.
- Grammar. designating a tense or other verb construction that refers to events or states happening after the present time.
future
/ ˈːʃə /
noun
- the time yet to come
- undetermined events that will occur in that time
- the condition of a person or thing at a later date
the future of the school is undecided
- likelihood of later improvement or advancement
he has a future as a singer
- grammar
- a tense of verbs used when the action or event described is to occur after the time of utterance
- a verb in this tense
- in futurefrom now on; henceforth
adjective
- that is yet to come or be
- of or expressing time yet to come
- prenominal destined to become
a future president
- grammar in or denoting the future as a tense of verbs
Derived Forms
- ˈڳܳٳܰ, adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of future1
Word History and Origins
Origin of future1
Idioms and Phrases
see in the near future .Example Sentences
The future King's spokesman said he had been "caught by surprise".
"Where are the future hairdressers going to come from if good, employed salons go out of business?"
At the Niños Héroes monument, Mexicans reflected on that past and possible conflicts — economic ones — looming in the future.
“I appeal to the warring parties: Call a ceasefire, release the hostages and come to the aid of a starving people that aspires to a future of peace!”
“ we’re witnessing isn’t just bureaucratic dysfunction — it’s a calculated strategy to prolong child detention, discourage and impede reunification, and extract as much personal data as possible for future immigration enforcement,” Chew said.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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