Fu"ture (?), n. [Cf. F. futur. See Future, a.]
1. 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. "Lay the future open." Shak.
2. The possibilities of the future; -- used especially of prospective success or advancement; as, he had great future before him.
3. (Gram.) A future tense.
To deal in futures, to speculate on the future
values of merchandise or stocks. [Brokers' cant]
Fu"ture (?; 135), a. [F. futur, L. futurus, used
as fut. p. of
esse to be, but from the
same root as E. be. See Be, v. i.]
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.
Future tense (Gram.), the tense or modification of a verb which
expresses a future act or event.
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