future UK /ˈfjuː.t͡ʃəː/US /ˈfju.t͡ʃɚ/noun 7adjective 1forms 1 noun7 •the time that has not come yet •Something that will happen in moments yet to come. •Goodness in what is yet to come. Something to look forward to.There is no future in dwelling on the past. •The likely prospects for or fate of someone or something in time to come.Again, it's unlikely they will return to traffic, but futures have been secured for four that will be heading to heritage railways [...]. — 2020 •Verb tense used to talk about events that will happen in the future; future tense. •An object that retrieves the value of a promise. •A minor-league prospect. adjective1 •Having to do with or occurring in the future.Future generations will either laugh or cry at our stupidity. formsfutures
