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noun

Future n.

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."

The possibilities of the future; used especially of prospective success or advancement; as, he had great future before him.

(Gram.) A future tense.

To deal in futures, to speculate on the future values of merchandise or stocks. (Brokers' cant)

adjective

Future adj. 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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"Future" Quotes from Famous Books

... do so, because you are young; but I, sire, have not time to wait; old age is at my door, and death is behind it, looking into the very depths of my house. Your majesty is beginning life, its future is full of hope and fortune; but I, sire, I am on the other side of the horizon, and we are so far from each other, that I should never have time to wait till your majesty came up ...

— Ten Years Later - Chapters 1-104 • Alexandre Dumas, Pere

... hideous, fascinating nightmare, of being dragged through some dreadful probation from which she would presently emerge to ascend to the position she would have earned by her desperate fortitude. The past—unreal. The present—a waking dream. But the future—ah, ...

— Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise • David Graham Phillips

... eyes, as personal visits would have done; and old Lady Ashby's haughty, sour spirit of reserve withheld her from spreading the news, while her indifferent health prevented her coming to visit her future daughter-in-law; so that, altogether, this affair was kept far closer than such ...

— Agnes Grey • Anne Bronte

... not your hands and weep; I lend my arm to all who say "I can!" No shamefaced outcast ever sank so deep But yet might rise and be again a man. Dost thou behold thy lost youth all aghast? Dost reel from righteous retribution's blow? Then turn from blotted archives of the past And find the future's pages white as snow. Art thou a mourner? Rouse thee from thy spell! Art thou a sinner? Sins may be forgiven! Each morning gives thee wings to flee from hell, Each night a star to guide thy feet ...

— Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul • Various

... he station a whole company at the post? This would doubtless prevent further loss; but then it was little likely to explain the mystery; for the hands that had carried off three sentinels, would, it was reasonable to believe, make no attempt to spirit away a whole company of men. And for future action as well as to put an end to the superstitious terror of the soldiery, the vital necessity was to clear up the mystery. He had no belief in the theory that these men deserted. He knew them too well. He prided himself mat he was thoroughly acquainted with his ...

— The Junior Classics • Various

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