future

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   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

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

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

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