Future
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Etymology
From Latin futurus, irregular future participle of esse, be.
Noun
future (uncountable and countable; plural: futures)
- The time ahead; those moments yet to be experienced.
- Something that will happen in moments yet to come.
- There is no future in dwelling on the past.
- (grammatical terminology): verb tense used to talk about events that will happen in the future. future tense
- (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
- 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
- futurism
- futurist
- futuristic
