future
Speech parts
1. future - Noun
2. future - Adjective
3. future - Verb
4. future - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
That is to be or come hereafter; that will exist at any time after the present; as, the next moment is future, to the present.
Time to come; time subsequent to the present (as, the future shall be as the present); collectively, events that are to happen in time to come.
The possibilities of the future; -- used especially of prospective success or advancement; as, he had great future before him.
A future tense.
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Examples
The future of a nation lies in the hands of mothers.
I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
I never think of the future - it comes soon enough.
The past is the future of the present.
Burn your enemies caravan and you burn you future.
A person worries about the past, distresses about the present, and fears the future.