future

[fyoo-cher]

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noun

time that is to be or come hereafter.
something that will exist or happen in time to come: The future is rooted in the past.
a condition, especially of success or failure, to come: Some people believe a gypsy can tell you your future.

Grammar.
1. the future tense.
2. another future formation or construction.
3. a form in the future, as He will come.
Usually futures. speculative purchases or sales of commodities for future receipt or delivery.

adjective

that is to be or come hereafter: future events; on some future day.
pertaining to or connected with time to come: one's future prospects; future plans.
Grammar. noting or pertaining to a tense or other verb formation or construction that refers to events or states in time to come.

Origin of future

1325–75; Middle English futur Anglo-French, Old French < Latin fūtūrus about to be (future participle of esse to be)

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Examples from the Web for futures

Contemporary Examples

Later, he taught her how to smoke, and still later, they whispered of politics, and fears and hopes for their futures.
Drawing on the Memories of Syrian Women
Masha Hamilton
November 26, 2014
Every day, their bodies, lives and futures are affected by politicians and policies they did not choose.
Paying Taxes and Going to Jail Like Adults; Teens Deserve the Right to Vote, Too
Jillian Keenan
October 6, 2014
The mainstream LGBT movement, meanwhile, still insists that neither of these futures will come to pass.
Were Christians Right About Gay Marriage All Along?
Jay Michaelson
May 27, 2014
I smuggled drugs to make money for them, to pay for their schooling, to secure their futures with good careers.
How China Used Drones to Capture a Notorious Burmese Drug Lord
Brendon Hong
April 17, 2014
As the guns fade veterans are returning to the lives they once lived and the futures they are building.
Divided in the Wake of Fort Hood
Thomas Gibbons-Neff
April 16, 2014

Historical Examples

He might note in January, let us say, that the price of May or July futures is favorable.
About sugar buying for Jobbers
B. W. Dyer
So you sell the same quantity of futures on the Exchange at 8.00.
About sugar buying for Jobbers
B. W. Dyer
But they felt that something had better be done toward assurance of their futures.
The Law-Breakers
Ridgwell Cullum
I'm sure you appreciate, my friends, the enormous importance of your own futures?
The Burning Spear
John Galsworthy
And yet trading in futures is by no means necessarily speculation.
Elements of Foreign Exchange
Franklin Escher

British Dictionary definitions for futures

futures

pl n

1. commodities or other financial products bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future dateSee also financial futures
2. (as modifier)futures contract; futures market

future

noun

the time yet to come
undetermined events that will occur in that time
the condition of a person or thing at a later datethe future of the school is undecided
likelihood of later improvement or advancementhe has a future as a singer
grammar
1. a tense of verbs used when the action or event described is to occur after the time of utterance
2. a verb in this tense
in future from now on; henceforth

adjective

that is yet to come or be
of or expressing time yet to come
(prenominal) destined to becomea future president
grammar in or denoting the future as a tense of verbs

Word Origin

C14: from Latin fūtūrus about to be, from esse to be

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Word Origin and History for futures

n.

"goods sold on agreement for future delivery," 1880; see future.

future

adj.

late 14c., from Old French futur, from Latin futurus "going to be, yet to be," as a noun, "the future," irregular suppletive future participle of esse "to be," from PIE *bheue- (see be). The English noun (late 14c.) is modeled on Latin futura, neuter plural of futurus.

futures in Culture

futures

A contract to buy or sell a specified amount of a commodity or financial instrument at an agreed price at a set date in the future. If the price for the commodity or financial instrument rises between the contract date and the future date, the investor will make money; if it declines, the investor will lose money. The term also refers to the market for such contracts.

Idioms and Phrases with futures

future

see in the near future.

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Examples from the Web for futures

Contemporary Examples

Later, he taught her how to smoke, and still later, they whispered of politics, and fears and hopes for their futures.

Every day, their bodies, lives and futures are affected by politicians and policies they did not choose.

The mainstream LGBT movement, meanwhile, still insists that neither of these futures will come to pass.

I smuggled drugs to make money for them, to pay for their schooling, to secure their futures with good careers.

As the guns fade veterans are returning to the lives they once lived and the futures they are building.

Historical Examples

He might note in January, let us say, that the price of May or July futures is favorable.

So you sell the same quantity of futures on the Exchange at 8.00.

But they felt that something had better be done toward assurance of their futures.

I'm sure you appreciate, my friends, the enormous importance of your own futures?

And yet trading in futures is by no means necessarily speculation.

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Word Origin

Word Origin and History for futures

n.

future

adj.

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Idioms and Phrases with futures

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Origin of future