simple future

American  

[sim-puhl fyoo-cher] / ˈsɪm pəl ˈfyu 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

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

On the other hand, instead of letting things take their natural course as they do in the simple future, you may force them to take place.

From Business English A Practice Book by Buhlig, Rose

The same results are obtained if faia is placed before the simple future; e.g., faia ague�zu.

From Diego Collado's Grammar of the Japanese Language by Spear, Richard L.

The grammar has not changed much, but the use of the compound and impersonal forms is more frequent, and the verb menny has begun to be more commonly used as a simple future auxiliary. 

From A Handbook of the Cornish Language chiefly in its latest stages with some account of its history and literature by Jenner, Henry