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Etymology

From Latin futūrus, irregular future active participle of sum (“I am”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhū-, *bʰew- (“to become, be”). Cognate with Old English bēo (“I become, I will be, I am”). More at be.

Pronunciation

Noun

future (countable and uncountable; plural futures)

  1. The time ahead; those moments yet to be experienced.
  2. Something that will happen in moments yet to come.
  3. Goodness in what is yet to come/Something to look foreward to.
    There is no future in dwelling on the past.
  4. (grammar) Verb tense used to talk about events that will happen in the future; future tense.
  5. (finance, in the plural) Commodities or stocks bought or sold with the understanding that they will be delivered at a date beyond the current one.

Adjective

future (comparative more future, superlative most future)

  1. Having to do with or occurring in the future.
    Future generations will either laugh or cry at our stupidity.

Translations

Having to do with or occurring in the future

Derived terms

French

Pronunciation

Adjective

future f.

  1. feminine form of futur

Italian

Adjective

future f. pl.

  1. feminine plural form of futuro

Latin

Participle

futūre

  1. vocative masculine singular of futūrus

 

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The future is the indefinite time period after the present. Its arrival is considered inevitable due to the existence of time and the laws of physics. Due to the nature of the reality and the unavoidability of the future, everything that currently exists and will exist is temporary and will come to an end.
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