future
nounEtymology
From Middle English future, futur, from Old French futur, from Latin futūrus, irregular future active participle of sum (“to be”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to become, be”). Cognate with Old English bēo (“to become, will be; to be”). More at be. Doublet of futur. Displaced native Old English tōweard, which took on a different meaning as toward, and Middle English afterhede (“future”, literally “afterhood”) in the given sense.
Definitions
The time ahead
The time ahead; those moments yet to be experienced.
Something that will happen in moments yet to come.
Goodness in what is yet to come. Something to look forward to.
- There is no future in dwelling on the past.
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The likely prospects for or fate of someone or something in time to come.
- Again, it's unlikely they will return to traffic, but futures have been secured for four that will be heading to heritage railways [...].
Verb tense used to talk about events that will happen in the future
Verb tense used to talk about events that will happen in the future; future tense.
Alternative form of futures.
An object that retrieves the value of a promise.
A minor-league prospect.
Having to do with or occurring in the future.
- Future generations will either laugh or cry at our stupidity.
- It[The study] also attempts to predict the future progression of AI as it relates to new inventions.
The neighborhood
- synonymtoward
- synonymthe future
- antonympast
- antonympresent
Derived
Back to the Future Day, call-by-future, cyberfuture, eternity future, futurable, futural, futurama, future bass, future continuous, future contract, futured, future endeavor, futurefic, future funk, future garage, future history, future house, future interest, futureless, futurelessness, futurely, future participle, future perfect continuous, future perfect progressive, futurepop, future progressive, future-proof, futureproof, future proof, futurescape, future shock, future studies, future tense, future war, futureward, futurewards, futureworld, futurey, futuritial, futurition · +30 more
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at future. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at future. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at future
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