future

English

/ˈfjuːt͡ʃə/, /ˈfjuːt͡ʃɚ/

noun
Definitions
  • The time ahead; those moments yet to be experienced.
  • Something that will happen in moments yet to come.
  • Goodness in what is yet to come. Something to look forward to.
  • The likely prospects for or fate of someone or something in time to come.
  • (grammar) Verb tense used to talk about events that will happen in the future; future tense.
  • (finance) (alternative form of) futures
  • (computing) An object that retrieves the value of a promise.
  • (sports) A minor-league prospect.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English future derived from Old French futur derived from Latin futūrus (about to be) derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (grow, become, be, appear, come into being, rise up, exist, thrive, curve, happen, live, bend, swell, dwell, prosper), *bʰuH- (grow, become, be, appear, come into being, rise up, exist, thrive, curve, happen, live, bend, swell, dwell, prosper).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*bʰuH-

Gloss

grow, become, be, appear, come into being, rise up, exist, thrive, curve, happen, live, bend, swell, dwell, prosper

Concept
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Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

曲

Emoji
🌱 💗 🪴

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