future

Adjective
  1. Yet to be or coming (synset 301736519)
    "some future historian will evaluate him"
    also:
    • incoming - arriving at a place or position
    • prospective - of or concerned with or related to the future
    tells us about: timing - the time when something happens
    similar to:
  2. Effective in or looking toward the future (synset 301890452)
    "he was preparing for future employment opportunities"
    similar to: prospective - of or concerned with or related to the future
  3. (of elected officers) elected but not yet serving (synset 301298098)
    "our next president"
    similar to: incoming - arriving at a place or position
    same as: next, succeeding
  4. A verb tense or other formation referring to events or states that have not yet happened (synset 303004422)
    "future auxiliary"
    referred to in: grammar - the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics)
Noun
  1. The time yet to come (synset 115146567)
    is a type of: time - the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past
    subtypes:
    same as: futurity, hereafter, time to come
  2. A verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future (synset 106341394)
    is a type of: tense - a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time
    same as: future tense
  3. Bulk commodities bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date (synset 103413631)
    is a type of: commodity, good, trade good - articles of commerce
    subtypes:
    • oil future, petroleum future - petroleum bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date
    • soybean future - soybeans bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date
    • wheat future - wheat bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date

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