future
Meaning of future
- a period of time following the moment of speaking or writing; time regarded as still to come.
we plan on getting married in the near future
work on the building will be shelved for the foreseeable future
- contracts for assets (especially commodities or shares) bought at agreed prices but delivered and paid for later.
- at a later time; going or likely to happen or exist.
the needs of future generations
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin futurus, future participle of esse ‘be’ (from the stem fu-, ultimately from a base meaning ‘grow, become’).
Information about future
- The plural form of future is: futures.
- Languages in which future is used:
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Hyphenation of future
fu-ture
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- future is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
future synonyms
Meaning later:
Meaning next:
Meaning hereafter:
Meaning next in time:
Meaning occurring afterwards or as a result:
Meaning coming after something in time; following:
Meaning about to happen; forthcoming:
Meaning due to happen or just beginning:
future antonyms
Meaning the time before the moment of speaking or writing:
Translation of future
- Spanish: mañana, futuro, porvenir
- German: Zukunft, künftig, zukünftig
- French: futur
- Italian: futuro
- Portuguese: futuro
Words that rhyme with future
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