future
/ˈfju.t͡ʃɚ/ noun A1- The time ahead; those moments yet to be experienced.
- Something that will happen in moments yet to come.
- Goodness in what is yet to come. Something to look forward to. · There is no future in dwelling on the past.
- The likely prospects for or fate of someone or something in time to come.
- Verb tense used to talk about events that will happen in the future; future tense.
- An object that retrieves the value of a promise.
- A minor-league prospect.
Plural futures
From the library
“No, I don’t say that,” said Holmes, and his eyes seemed to be looking far into the future.
“Marquise,” said Villefort, approaching his future mother-in-law, “I request your pardon for thus leaving you.
“Yes, here I am,” said the young man, “with a promising future and a little money.
“Whatever comes of it in the future, you have done enough.”
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