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noun/ˈfjuː.t͡ʃəː/[ˈfjʊu̯.t͡ʃəː]/ˈfju.t͡ʃɚ/
  1. 1

    The time ahead; those moments yet to be experienced.countableuncountable

    • This solitary attitude stems in part from a deep sense of fatalism and futility, a profound social effect of the genophage that caused krogan numbers to dwindle to a relative handful. Not only are they angry that the entire galaxy seems out
  2. 2

    Something that will happen in moments yet to come.countableuncountable

  3. 3

    Goodness in what is yet to come. Something to look forward to.countableuncountable

    • There is no future in dwelling on the past.
  4. 4

    The likely prospects for or fate of someone or something in time to come.countableuncountable

    • Again, it's unlikely they will return to traffic, but futures have been secured for four that will be heading to heritage railways [...].
  5. 5

    Verb tense used to talk about events that will happen in the future; future tense.countableuncountable

  6. 6

    Alternative form of futures.alt-ofalternativecountable

  7. 7

    An object that retrieves the value of a promise.countableuncountable

  8. 8

    A minor-league prospect.countableuncountable

syn. toward

adj/ˈfjuː.t͡ʃəː/[ˈfjʊu̯.t͡ʃəː]/ˈfju.t͡ʃɚ/
  1. 1

    Having to do with or occurring in the future.not-comparable

    • Future generations will either laugh or cry at our stupidity.

ant. past · present

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