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Etymology

From Latin futurus , irregular future participle of esse, be.

Noun

future (uncountable and countable; plural: futures )

  1. The time ahead; those moments yet to be experienced.
  2. Something that will happen in moments yet to come.
    There is no future in dwelling on the past.
  3. (grammatical terminology): verb tense used to talk about events that will happen in the future. future tense
  4. (finance) (plural) Commodities or stocks bought or sold with the understanding that they will be delivered at a date beyond the current one.

Translations

  • Basque: gero , etorkizun
  • Bulgarian: бъдеще n (1), бъдеще време n (2)
  • Catalan: futur m, futura f
  • Dutch: toekomst f (1), onvoltooid toekomende tijd m (abbreviated as O.Tk.T. ) (2)
  • Esperanto: estonteco (1), estonto (1), futuro (2)
  • Finnish: tulevaisuus (1), futuuri (4)
  • French: avenir m (1), futur m (1, 2)
  • German: Zukunft f (1), Futur n (2)
  • Greek: μέλλον n (1), μέλλων m (2), μέλλοντας m (2)
  • Hebrew: עָתִיד m
  • Hungarian: jövő (1), jövő idő (2)
  • Indonesian: masa depan
  • Interlingua: futuro
  • Italian: avvenire ?, futuro m
  • Japanese: 未来 (みらい, mirai), 将来 (しょうらい, shōrai)
  • Polish: przyszlość m, czas przyszły m
  • Romanian: viitor (1,2)
  • Spanish: futuro m
  • Swedish: framtid (1)
  • Turkish: gelecek
  • Volapük: fütür

Adjective

  1. Having to do with or occurring in the future.
    Future generations will either laugh or cry at our stupidity .


Translations

  • Basque: geroko
  • Bulgarian: бъдещ
  • Catalan: futur m, futura f
  • Dutch: toekomstig
  • Esperanto: estonta , futura ?
  • Finnish: tuleva
  • French: futur m, future f
  • German: zukünftig
  • Greek: μελλοντικός
  • Interlingua: futur
  • Italian: futuro
  • Romanian: viitor
  • Spanish: futuro
  • Turkish: gelecek
  • Volapük: fütürik

Derived terms



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