future.

1. Adjective

   yet to be or coming

   some future historian will evaluate him

2. Adjective

   effective in or looking toward the future

   he was preparing for future employment opportunities

3. Adjective

   (of elected officers) elected but not yet serving

   our next president

4. Adjective

   a verb tense or other formation referring to events or states that have not yet happened

   future auxiliary

5. Noun

   the time yet to come

6. Noun

   a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future

7. Noun

   bulk commodities bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date

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1. Nouncountableuncountable

   The time ahead; those moments yet to be experienced.

2. Nouncountableuncountable

   Something that will happen in moments yet to come.

3. Nouncountableuncountable

   Goodness in what is yet to come. Something to look forward to.

4. Nouncountableuncountable

   The likely prospects for or fate of someone or something in time to come.

5. Nouncountableuncountable

   Verb tense used to talk about events that will happen in the future; future tense.

6. Nounalt ofalternativecountableuncountable

   Alternative form of futures.

   Explore futures →
7. Nouncountableuncountable

   An object that retrieves the value of a promise.

8. Nouncountableuncountable

   A minor-league prospect.

9. Adjectivenot comparable

   Having to do with or occurring in the future.

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