Definitions
1.nounThe time ahead; those moments yet to be experienced.
2.nounSomething that will happen in moments yet to come.
3.nounGoodness in what is yet to come. Something to look forward to."There is no future in dwelling on the past."
4.nounThe likely prospects for or fate of someone or something in time to come.
5.noun(grammar) Verb tense used to talk about events that will happen in the future; future tense.
6.nounAn object that retrieves the value of a promise.
7.nounA minor-league prospect.
8.adjectiveHaving to do with or occurring in the future."Future generations will either laugh or cry at our stupidity."
9.nounShort for futures contract.