future

noun
fu·ture
/ˈfjuː.t͡ʃəː/

The time ahead; those moments yet to be experienced.

Other meanings

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.”

Synonyms

time to come

Related words

Back to the Future Day
call-by-future
cyberfuture
futurable
futural
futurama
future bass
future continuous
future contract
futured
future endeavor
futurefic

Example sentences

“This is the future that liberals want.”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0
“Who controls the past controls the future.”
Tatoeba · Igider · CC0

Word history

From Latin "futūrus".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “future” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.