noun
- The time yet to come.
- synonyms: hereafter, futurity, time to come
- A verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future.
- synonyms: future tense
- Bulk commodities bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date.
adjective
- Yet to be or coming.
- usage: "some future historian will evaluate him"
- Effective in or looking toward the future.
- usage: "he was preparing for future employment opportunities"
- Of elected officers. ( elected but not yet serving)
- usage: "our next president"
- synonyms: next, succeeding
- A verb tense or other formation referring to events or states that have not yet happened.
- usage: "future auxiliary"
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