future | |
1. n. The time ahead; those moments yet to be experienced. | |
2. n. Something that will happen in moments yet to come. | |
3. n. Goodness in what is yet to come. Something to look forward to. | |
There is no future in dwelling on the past. | |
4. n. (grammar) Verb tense used to talk about events that will happen in the future; future tense. | |
5. n. (finance) alternative form of futures | |
6. n. (computing, programming) An object that retrieves the value of a promise. | |
7. n. (sports) A minor-league prospect. | |
8. adj. Having to do with or occurring in the future. | |
Future generations will either laugh or cry at our stupidity. | |