| future | | |
| n. (time) | 1. future, futurity, hereafter, time to come | the time yet to come. |
| ~ time | the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past. |
| ~ kingdom come | the end of time.; "you can wet the bed till kingdom come, for all I care" |
| ~ by-and-by | an indefinite time in the future.; "he'll get around to it in the sweet by-and-by" |
| ~ offing | the near or foreseeable future.; "there was a wedding in the offing" |
| ~ tomorrow | the near future.; "tomorrow's world"; "everyone hopes for a better tomorrow" |
| ~ manana | an indefinite time in the future. |
| n. (communication) | 2. future, future tense | a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future. |
| ~ tense | a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time. |
| n. (artifact) | 3. future | bulk commodities bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date. |
| ~ commodity, trade good, good | articles of commerce. |
| ~ oil future, petroleum future | petroleum bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date. |
| ~ soybean future | soybeans bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date. |
| ~ wheat future | wheat bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date. |
| adj. | 4. future | yet to be or coming.; "some future historian will evaluate him" |
| ~ incoming | arriving at a place or position.; "incoming class"; "incoming mail" |
| ~ approaching, coming, upcoming, forthcoming | of the relatively near future.; "the approaching election"; "this coming Thursday"; "the forthcoming holidays"; "the upcoming spring fashions" |
| ~ future day | yet to come.; "a future-day Gibbon of Macaulay" |
| ~ early | expected in the near future.; "look for an early end to the negotiations" |
| ~ emerging, rising | coming to maturity.; "the rising generation" |
| ~ in store | in readiness; awaiting.; "gave us a hint of the excitement that was in store for us" |
| ~ prox, proximo | in or of the next month after the present.; "scheduled for the 6th prox" |
| ~ prospective | of or concerned with or related to the future.; "prospective earnings"; "a prospective mother"; "a prospective bride"; "the statute is solely prospective in operation" |
| adj. | 5. future | effective in or looking toward the future.; "he was preparing for future employment opportunities" |
| ~ prospective | of or concerned with or related to the future.; "prospective earnings"; "a prospective mother"; "a prospective bride"; "the statute is solely prospective in operation" |
| adj. | 6. future, next, succeeding | (of elected officers) elected but not yet serving.; "our next president" |
| ~ incoming | arriving at a place or position.; "incoming class"; "incoming mail" |
| adj. (pertain) | 7. future | a verb tense or other formation referring to events or states that have not yet happened.; "future auxiliary" |
| ~ grammar | the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics). |
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