| NOUN | time | future, hereafter, futurity, time to come | the time yet to come |
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| communication | future, future tense | a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future | |
| artifact | future | bulk commodities bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date | |
| ADJECTIVE | all | future | yet to be or coming |
| all | future | effective in or looking toward the future | |
| all | future, next, succeeding | (of elected officers) elected but not yet serving | |
| pert | future | a verb tense or other formation referring to events or states that have not yet happened / happened |
| Sounds | fyuw'cher | |
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| Rhymes | acupuncture ... welcher: 102 rhymes with cher... | |
| Meaning | yet to be or coming. | |
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| Example | "some future historian will evaluate him" | |
| Attribute of | timing | The time when something happens |
| Narrower | approaching, coming, forthcoming, upcoming | Of the relatively near future |
| early | Expected in the near future | |
| emerging, rising | Coming to maturity | |
| future-day | yet to come | |
| in store | In readiness | |
| proximo, prox | In or of the next month after the present | |
| See also | incoming | Arriving at a place or position |
| prospective | Of or concerned with or related to the future | |
| Opposite | past | Earlier than the present time |
| present | temporal sense | |
| Spanish | futuro | |
| Catalan | futur | |
| Nouns | futurity | the quality of being in or of the future |
| futurity | the time yet to come | |
| Meaning | effective in or looking toward the future. | |
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| Example | "he was preparing for future employment opportunities" | |
| Broader | prospective | Of or concerned with or related to the future |
| Spanish | futuro | |
| Catalan | futur | |
| Nouns | futurity | the quality of being in or of the future |
| futurity | the time yet to come | |
| Meaning | (of elected officers) elected but not yet serving. | |
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| Synonyms | next, succeeding | |
| Broader | incoming | Arriving at a place or position |
| Spanish | futuro, siguiente, sucesivo | |
| Catalan | futur, següent, successiu | |
| Nouns | futurity | the quality of being in or of the future |
| Meaning | A verb tense or other formation referring to events or states that have not yet happened / happened. | |
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| Example | "future auxiliary" | |
| Category | grammar | The branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics) |
| Nouns | future | a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future |
| Meaning | The time yet to come. | |
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| Synonyms | hereafter, futurity, time to come | |
| Narrower | by-and-by | An indefinite time in the future |
| kingdom come | The end of time | |
| manana | An indefinite time in the future | |
| offing | The near or foreseeable future | |
| tomorrow | The near future | |
| Broader | time | The continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past |
| Opposite | past, past times, yesteryear | The time that has elapsed |
| Spanish | futuro, mañana, porvenir, venidero | |
| Catalan | avenir, esdevenidor, futur | |
| Meaning | A verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future. | |
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| Synonym | future tense | |
| Broader | tense | A grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time |
| Spanish | futuro | |
| Catalan | futur | |
| Adjectives | future | a verb tense or other formation referring to events or states that have not yet happened / happened |
| Meaning | bulk commodities bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date. | |
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| Narrower | 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 | |
| Broader | commodity, trade good, good | articles of commerce |
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