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   future

   /ˈfjuːtʃə/

   noun

   • 1. 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 future" Similar time to cometime aheadwhat lay/lies aheadcoming timesthe fullness of timeformal:hereafterOpposite past
   • ▪ 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" Similar destinyfatefortunedoomprospectsexpectationschanceslikely success/advancement/improvement
   • ▪ a prospect of success or happiness: "he'd decided that there was no future in the gang"
   • ▪ a tense expressing an action that has not yet happened.
   • 2. contracts for assets (especially commodities or shares) bought at agreed prices but delivered and paid for later.

   adjective

   • 1. at a later time; going or likely to happen or exist: "the needs of future generations" Similar laterfollowingensuingsucceedingsubsequentupcomingto comecomingOpposite past
   • ▪ (of a person) planned or destined to hold a specified position: "his future wife" Similar destinedintendedplannedto beprospectiveexpectedanticipated
   • ▪ existing after death: "heaven and the future life with Christ"
   • ▪ (of a tense) expressing an action that has not yet happened.

   Word Origin late Middle English: via Old French from Latin futurus, future participle of esse ‘be’ (from the stem fu-, ultimately from a base meaning ‘grow, become’).

   Derivatives

   • 1. futureless adjective

   Scrabble Points: 9

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   • Znaczenie Future, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     FUTURE definicja: 1. a period of time that is to come: 2....

   • Future Spanish Translation

     FUTURE translate: futuro, futuro, futuro, futuro...

   • Future: Thai Translation

     FUTURE translate: อนาคต, (คำกริยา) ในอนาคตกาล, ในอนาคต....

   • Future: Italian Translation

     future translate: futuro, futuro, futuro, futuro, futuro....

   • Future: Russian Translation

     FUTURE translate: будущее, будущее, перспективы, будущий ....

   • Future: Danish Translation

     future - translate into Danish with the English-Danish...

   • Future: German Translation

     FUTURE translate: die Zukunft, (zu-)künftig, die Zukunft,...

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