simple future

American  

[sim-puhl fyoo-cher] / ˈsɪm pəl ˈfju tʃər /

especially British, future simple

noun

1. a verb construction used to express an action or state that is to happen at some time to come: in English, formed by combining the auxiliary verb will and the infinitive or basic form of the main verb, such as I will be there soon and We will start without you if you're late.

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adjective

1. designating a verb construction used to express an action or state that is to happen at some time to come.

Etymology

Origin of simple future

First recorded in 1730–40

Example Sentences

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simple future

More importantly, that restorative Sunday meal became the creative springboard for weeks of simple future dinners I could vary based on what I had around or whatever flavor profiles I was obsessing over.

From Salon ● May 14, 2021

Once upon a time, refined folk always used I shall or we shall to refer to the simple future, not I will or we will.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

With the tints of the present he painted his simple future, and was content.

From The Queen of Sheba & My Cousin the Colonel by Thomas Bailey Aldrich

With the second and third persons will is used to express simple future action; as, "You will go to the city to-morrow," "He will go to the city to-morrow."

From How to Speak and Write Correctly by Joseph Devlin

Present indicative: The common, though inexact, form of a simple future supposition.

From Practical Exercises in English by Huber Gray Buehler