[fyoo-cher] 
| 1. | time that is to be or come hereafter. |
| 2. | something that will exist or happen in time to come: The future is rooted in the past. |
| 3. | a condition, esp. of success or failure, to come: Some people believe a gypsy can tell you your future. |
| 4. | Grammar.
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| 5. | Usually, futures. speculative purchases or sales of commodities for future receipt or delivery. |
| 6. | that is to be or come hereafter: future events; on some future day. |
| 7. | pertaining to or connected with time to come: one's future prospects; future plans. |
| 8. | Grammar. noting or pertaining to a tense or other verb formation or construction that refers to events or states in time to come. |
| fu·ture (fyōō'chər) n.
[Middle English, from Old French futur, from Latin futūrus, about to be; see bheuə- in Indo-European roots.] |
