future
The definition of future is something that is going to happen.
(adjective)An example of future is a description for the kids you are going to have.
The future is defined as a time that is after the present, which has not yet occurred.
(noun)An example of the future is tomorrow, a month from now or 100 years from now.
See future in Webster's New World College Dictionary
adjective
- that is to be or come; of days, months, or years ahead
- Gram. indicating time to come: the future tense of a verb
Origin: ME futur < OFr < L futurus, about to be, used as fut. part. of esse, to be
noun
- the time that is to come; days, months, or years ahead
- what will happen; what is going to be: to seek to foretell the future
- the prospective or potential condition of a person or thing; esp., the chance to achieve, succeed, etc.: to have a great future in politics
- a contract for a specific commodity bought or sold for delivery at a later date
- Gram.
- the future tense
- a verb form or phrase in this tense
See future in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- The indefinite time yet to come: will try to do better in the future.
- Something that will happen in time to come: “The future comes apace” (Shakespeare).
- A prospective or expected condition, especially one considered with regard to growth, advancement, or development: a business with no future.
- futures Business Commodities or stocks bought or sold upon agreement of delivery in time to come.
- Grammar a. The form of a verb used in speaking of action that has not yet occurred or of states not yet in existence.b. A verb form in the future tense.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English
Origin: , from Old French futur
Origin: , from Latin futūrus, about to be; see bheuə- in Indo-European roots
.See future in Ologies
Future
See also divination; past; time.
1. the art of foretelling the future by means of signs; divination.
2. an omen or portent from which the future is foretold. —augur, n. —augurial, adj. —augurous. Obsolete, adj.
fatiloquence
foretelling of the future; soothsaying.
the seeking of life’s meaning and fulfillment in the future, —futurist, n. —futuristic, adj.
futurition
Rare. the state or condition of being about to exist.
the art or practice of forecasting trends or developments in politics, science, society, etc.
hariolation
the act or art of prognostication or divination; soothsaying.
the skill, condition, or an instance of being oracular.
1. the act of forecasting or prophesying.
2. a forecast or prediction. —prognosticator, n. —prognosticative, adj.
anticipation, as in anticipating or describing a future event. See also argumentation. —proleptic, adj.
telegnosis
clairvoyance or other occult or supernatural knowledge.
1. the act of prophesying.
2. the thing foretold. —vaticinator, n.
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