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Future

Fū'tūre, a.

adjective

(fūt'/yūr, 53), a. [Lat. futurus, properly fut. p. of esse, to be; Fr. & Pr. futur, Sp., Pg., & It. futuro.] About to be; liable to be or come hereafter; likely to exist at any time after the present; as, the next moment is future to the present.

Future tense (Gram.), the modification of a verb which expresses a future act or event.

Fūt'ūre, n.

noun

(fūt'yūr), n. [Lat. futurum; Fr. & Pr. futur. See supra.] 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. “He'd lay the future open.” Shak.