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future
/ˈfju.t͡ʃɚ/
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What does future mean?
noun
- 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.
More meanings (6)
noun
- 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.
- Alternative form of futures.
- An object that retrieves the value of a promise.
- A minor-league prospect.
adjective
- Having to do with or occurring in the future.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈfju.t͡ʃɚ/
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For the foreseeable future the economy will continue to depend for its survival on foreign aid--from CEMA, IMF, and other international sources.
Next followed the thought that much of the future peace of mind enjoyable by the dear ones, depended on his quiet fortitude.
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The future life, the possible life which offered itself to him henceforth, all pure and radiant, filled him with tremors and anxiety.
Charity thought of the future of her own child, and tears welled into her aching eyes, and ran down over her face.
I was glad that it had fallen to my lot to take at least one step--though blindly--into the FUTURE of medical science.