Future

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.


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     {Future tense} (Gram.), the tense or modification of a verb
        which expresses a future act or event.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Future \Fu"ture\, n. [Cf. F. futur. See {Future}, a.]
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     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.
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     2. The possibilities of the future; -- used especially of
        prospective success or advancement; as, he had great
        future before him.
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     3. (Gram.) A future tense.
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     {To deal in futures}, to speculate on the future values of
        merchandise or stocks. [Brokers' cant]
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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"
       n 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

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  122 Moby Thesaurus words for "future":
     Friday, Friday the thirteenth, about to be, affianced, aftertime,
     afterward, already in sight, aorist, appointed lot, approaching,
     astral influences, astrology, at hand, betrothed, book of fate,
     brewing, bride-to-be, by-and-by, close, close at hand, coming,
     constellation, cup, desired, destinal, destination, destined,
     destiny, determined, dies funestis, doom, durative, emergent, end,
     eventual, expected, extrapolated, fatal, fatality, fate, fated,
     fatidic, fiance, fiancee, following, foredoom, forthcoming,
     fortune, future perfect, futuristic, gathering, going to happen,
     hereafter, historical present, hoped-for, ides of March, immediate,
     imminent, impendent, impending, imperfect, in danger imminent,
     in prospect, in reserve, in store, in the cards, in the offing,
     in the wind, in view, inevitability, instant, intended, kismet,
     later, looming, lot, lowering, lurking, menacing, moira, near,
     near at hand, nearing, offing, on the horizon, overhanging, past,
     past perfect, perfect, planets, planned, plotted, pluperfect,
     point tense, portion, predicted, preparing, present,
     present perfect, preterit, probable, progressive tense, projected,
     prophesied, prospective, stars, subsequent, tense, that will be,
     threatening, time to come, to come, to-be, tomorrow, ultimate,
     unborn, unlucky day, upcoming, waiting, weird, wheel of fortune,
     will of Heaven
  
  

From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:

  FUTURE, n.  That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our
  friends are true and our happiness is assured.
  
  
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