future
future Lexical Profile
future Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Existing, happening, or planned to take place at a later time after the present.
"All future meetings will be held on the third floor of the administration building."
Of, relating to, or designating a verb tense or form that expresses an action or state yet to happen.
"In English grammar, the auxiliary verb 'will' is commonly used to construct the future tense."
• noun
The time or period of time following the present moment; events that are yet to happen.
"Scientists are working to develop renewable energy sources for the benefit of the future."
A prospect or likelihood of success, advancement, or continued existence for a person, organization, or undertaking.
"She decided to leave the company because she saw very little future in her current role."
Financial contracts or commodities bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery and payment at a specified later date (usually in the plural).
"Concerns over the summer drought caused a sharp rise in grain futures on the exchange."
A verb tense or grammatical form used to express an action or state that has not yet occurred.
"Students learned how to conjugate regular verbs in the simple future."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the late 14th century from Old French futur, from Latin futūrus ('going to be, yet to be'), which served as the irregular future participle of esse ('to be'), ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *bheue- ('to be, exist, grow').