dictionary definitions for "future"


From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [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 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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