future
Meaning
adj 1: yet to be or coming; "some future historian will evaluatehim" [ant: past, present(a)]
2: effective in or looking toward the future; "he was preparing
for future employment opportunities"
3: coming at a subsequent time or stage; "the future president
entered college at the age of 16"; "awaiting future
actions on the bill"; "later developments"; "without
ulterior argument" [syn: future(a), later(a), ulterior]
4: (of elected officers) elected but not yet serving; "our next
president" [syn: future(a), next, succeeding(a)]
5: a verb tense or other formation referring to events or
states that have not yet happened; "future auxiliary"
n 1: the time yet to come [syn: hereafter, futurity, time to
come] [ant: past]
2: a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future
[syn: future tense]
3: bulk commodities bought or sold at an agreed price for
delivery at a specified future date