future

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The time ahead; those moments yet to be experienced.
2. (countable, uncountable) Something that will happen in moments yet to come.
3. (countable, uncountable) Goodness in what is yet to come. Something to look forward to.
4. (countable, uncountable) The likely prospects for or fate of someone or something in time to come.
5. (countable, uncountable) Verb tense used to talk about events that will happen in the future; future tense.
6. (alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable) Alternative form of futures.
7. (countable, uncountable) An object that retrieves the value of a promise.
8. (countable, uncountable) A minor-league prospect.

Adj

Having to do with or occurring in the future.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfjuː.t͡ʃə(ɹ)/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: future

Cognate with Old English: bēo

Cognate with Old English: tōweard

In summary

From Middle English future, futur, from Old French futur, from Latin futūrus, irregular future active participle of sum (“I am”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to become, be”). Cognate with Old English bēo (“I become, I will be, I am”). More at be. Displaced native Old English tōweard, which took on a different meaning as toward, and Middle English afterhede (“future”, literally “afterhood”) in the given sense.

Synonyms

coming

next

later

hereafter

futurity

upcoming

prospective

time to come

forthcoming

tomorrow

subsequent

ahead

come

will

to-be

next time

future tense

to be

following

posterity

approaching

elect

future time

afterwards

going to

front

next world

kingdom come

following day

about to be

futures contract

former

succeeding

in the future

speedy

previous

unborn

imminent

higher

henceforth

end

🔚

pending

over

further

continuing

advance

old

🧓

overtake

not ever

forward

Translations

futur

futuro

futuro

futuro

Zukunft

futur

avenir

toekomst

porvenir

przyszłość

zukünftig

przyszły

μέλλον

avvenire

künftig

Sentences

Please read my proposal for the future direction of the business .

In the short term future , prices will triple .

" But then they wouldn't be a part of your future ," the seer had said .

Kraggenburg will focus on recreational aspects in the near future .

Historians have often identified an anticipated future revolution , often without the ruling party's understanding .

He was a contributor to the McSweeney's publication " The Future Dictionary of America ".