future
//ˈfjuː.t͡ʃəː//
Forms
- Plural
- futures
Definitions
1.The time ahead; those moments yet to be experienced.
- We have to plan for the future.
- You shouldn't be afraid of the future.
- Your wish will come true in the near future.
2.Something that will happen in moments yet to come.
- We have to plan for the future.
- You shouldn't be afraid of the future.
- Your wish will come true in the near future.
3.Goodness in what is yet to come. Something to look forward to.
- There is no future in dwelling on the past.
4.The likely prospects for or fate of someone or something in time to come.
- Again, it's unlikely they will return to traffic, but futures have been secured for four that will be heading to heritage railways [...].
1.Having to do with or occurring in the future.
- Future generations will either laugh or cry at our stupidity.
- It[The study] also attempts to predict the future progression of AI as it relates to new inventions.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #653
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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Etymology
From Middle English future, futur, from Old French futur, from Latin futūrus, irregular future active participle of sum (“to be”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to become, be”).
Cognate with Old English bēo (“to become, will be; to be”).
More at be.
Doublet of futur.