future

Meaning of future

noun
  1. a period of time following the moment of speaking or writing; time regarded as still to come.
    we plan on getting married in the near future
    work on the building will be shelved for the foreseeable future
  2. contracts for assets (especially commodities or shares) bought at agreed prices but delivered and paid for later.
adjective
  1. at a later time; going or likely to happen or exist.
    the needs of future generations

late Middle English: via Old French from Latin futurus, future participle of esse ‘be’ (from the stem fu-, ultimately from a base meaning ‘grow, become’).

Information about future

  • The plural form of future is: futures.
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Hyphenation of future

fu-ture

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • future is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

future synonyms

Meaning later:

later, ulterior

Meaning next:

next, succeeding

Meaning hereafter:

hereafter, futurity

Meaning next in time:

following

Meaning occurring afterwards or as a result:

ensuing

Meaning coming after something in time; following:

subsequent

Meaning about to happen; forthcoming:

upcoming

Meaning due to happen or just beginning:

coming

future antonyms

Meaning the time before the moment of speaking or writing:

past

Translation of future

Words that rhyme with future

Nature, Provature, Quadrature, abature, abbreviature, acciaccature, acclimature, accordature, adjudicature, alcoholature, antecurvature, antestature, antinature, appoggiature, arcature, armature, binomenclature, breviature, calliature, candidature, caricature, celature, claviature, clericature, climature, cofeature, colature, colorature, connature, contemperature, contemplature, corporature, countersignature, creature, crenature, crispature, cubature, curvature, declinature, decurvature, dedicature, defeature, delineature, demarcature, denature, dictature, disarmature, disfeature, disnature, distemperature

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