From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Future \Fu"ture\ (?; 135), adjective [F. futur, L. futurus, used as fut. p. of esse to be, but from the same root as E. be. See {Be}, verb (used without an object)] 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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Future \Fu"ture\, noun [Cf. F. futur. See {Future}, adjective]
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.
{To deal in futures}, to speculate on the future values of merchandise or stocks. [Brokers' cant]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
1: yet to be or coming; "some future historian will evaluate him" [ant: {past}, {present(a)}]
2: effective in or looking toward the future; "he was preparing for future employment opportunities"
3: coming at a subsequent time or stage; "the future president entered college at the age of 16"; "awaiting future actions on the bill"; "later developments"; "without ulterior argument" [syn: {future(a)}, {later(a)}, {ulterior}]
4: (of elected officers) elected but not yet serving; "our next president" [syn: {future(a)}, {next}, {succeeding(a)}]
5: a verb tense or other formation referring to events or states that have not yet happened; "future auxiliary"
noun
1: the time yet to come [syn: {hereafter}, {futurity}, {time to come}] [ant: {past}]
2: a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future [syn: {future tense}]
3: bulk commodities bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
122 Moby Thesaurus words for "future": Friday, Friday the thirteenth, about to be, affianced, aftertime, afterward, already in sight, aorist, appointed lot, approaching, astral influences, astrology, at hand, betrothed, book of fate, brewing, bride-to-be, by-and-by, close, close at hand, coming, constellation, cup, desired, destinal, destination, destined, destiny, determined, dies funestis, doom, durative, emergent, end, eventual, expected, extrapolated, fatal, fatality, fate, fated, fatidic, fiance, fiancee, following, foredoom, forthcoming, fortune, future perfect, futuristic, gathering, going to happen, hereafter, historical present, hoped-for, ides of March, immediate, imminent, impendent, impending, imperfect, in danger imminent, in prospect, in reserve, in store, in the cards, in the offing, in the wind, in view, inevitability, instant, intended, kismet, later, looming, lot, lowering, lurking, menacing, moira, near, near at hand, nearing, offing, on the horizon, overhanging, past, past perfect, perfect, planets, planned, plotted, pluperfect, point tense, portion, predicted, preparing, present, present perfect, preterit, probable, progressive tense, projected, prophesied, prospective, stars, subsequent, tense, that will be, threatening, time to come, to come, to-be, tomorrow, ultimate, unborn, unlucky day, upcoming, waiting, weird, wheel of fortune, will of Heaven
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
FUTURE, noun That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured.
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