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future (iou)



future adjective & noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French futur(e), from Latin futurus, -ura, future pple of esse, from fu-: see BE.]
A. adjective.
That is to be, become, or happen; intended, prospective. LME.
Lytton I wish I were the future Lady Vargrave. I. Murdoch Plans for future work.
Of or pertaining to time to come; spec. in Grammar (of a participle or tense) expressing an action yet to happen. LME.
Subsequent. E17.
W. L. Sargant This rhapsody will not be intelligible to those unacquainted with St. Simon's future history.
b. noun.
The time to come. LME.
for the future, in future from now onwards. the wave of the future: see WAVE noun.
E. M. Forster She could look into the future and plan for her child. personified: T. S. Eliot And what is spoken remains in the room, waiting for the future to hear it.
What will happen in time to come. Orig. in pl., future events. LME.
W. R. Inge To predict the future..is..the most important part of the work of an historian.
The prospective condition (spec. a successful, prosperous one) of a person, country, etc. M19.
G. Santayana She saw before her a desolate future. H. Carmichael There's no future in being an accessory after the fact in a murder case.
Commerce. In pl. Goods and stocks bought and sold for future delivery; contracts to sell or buy on these terms. M19.
Grammar. (A word or form in) the future tense. L19.
Comb. & special collocations: future contingent Philosophy a proposition which concerns the future and is therefore neither verifiable nor falsifiable in the present; future life existence after death, esp. as an object of belief; future perfect: see PERFECT adjective 9, noun 3; future-proof adjective (of a product) unlikely to become obsolete; future shock a state of distress or disorientation due to rapid social or technological change; future state = future life above.
futureless adjective M19.
futurely adverb in future, hereafter; later: E17-L18.
futureness noun E19.
futurize verb (rare) (a) verb intrans. (Grammar) form the future tense; (b) verb trans. make future: M19.