at a later time; going or likely to happen or exist:the needs of future generations
(of a person) planned or destined to hold a specified position:his future wife
existing after death:heaven and the future life with Christ
Grammar (of a tense) expressing an event yet to happen.
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Universal
1 (usually the future) a period of time following the moment of speaking or writing; time regarded as still to come:we plan on getting married in the near futurework on the building will be shelved for the foreseeable future
events that will or are likely to happen in time to come:nobody can predict the future
the likely prospects for or fate of someone or something in time to come:MPs will debate the future of the railways
a prospect of success or happiness:he’d decided that there was no future in the gangI began to believe I might have a future as an artist
Grammar a tense of verbs expressing events that have not yet happened.
2 (futures) contracts for assets (especially commodities or shares) bought at agreed prices but delivered and paid for later.Compare with forward (sense 2 of the noun).
