Definition of FUTURE

future

Plural: futures

Noun

  • The time that is yet to come; forthcoming events.
  • the time yet to come
  • a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future
  • bulk commodities bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date
  • 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.
  • The likely prospects for or fate of someone or something in time to come.
  • 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.

Adjective

  • yet to be or coming
    • "some future historian will evaluate him"
  • a verb tense or other formation referring to events or states that have not yet happened
    • "future auxiliary"

Adjective Satellite

  • effective in or looking toward the future
    • "he was preparing for future employment opportunities"
  • (of elected officers) elected but not yet serving

Adj

  • Having to do with or occurring in the future.

Examples

  • Future generations will either laugh or cry at our stupidity.
  • She carefully planned her Words With Friends moves, anticipating her opponent’s future plays.
  • There is no future in dwelling on the past.

Origin / Etymology

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

future tense, futurity, hereafter, next, succeeding, time to come, coming, future, the future, to-come, toward, unborn

Antonyms

past, present

Scrabble Score: 9

future: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
future: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
future: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

future: valid Words With Friends Word