English Explanatory Dictionary

future

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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 forward to.
  4. The likely prospects for or fate of someone or something in time to come.
  5. Verb tense used to talk about events that will happen in the future; future tense.
  6. Alternative form of futures.
  7. An object that retrieves the value of a promise.
  8. A minor-league prospect.
adj
  1. Having to do with or occurring in the future.

Pronunciation

/ˈfjuː.t͡ʃəː/ [ˈfjʊu̯.t͡ʃəː] /ˈfju.t͡ʃɚ/ [ˈfjʊu̯.t͡ʃɚ] ~ [ˈfjʊu̯.t͡ʃɹ̩] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-future.wav en-us-future.ogg

Word forms

future futures

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

toward to-come unborn coming future hereafter

Antonyms

past present

Related words

the future

Derived words

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