future
yet to be or coming
How often you will meet it
Rank 733 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 25,518 times across 155,168 chapters — 0.012% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
adjective
- yet to be or coming some future historian will evaluate him
- effective in or looking toward the future he was preparing for future employment opportunities
- (of elected officers) elected but not yet serving also: next, succeeding our next president
- a verb tense or other formation referring to events or states that have not yet happened future auxiliary
noun
- the time yet to come also: hereafter, futurity, time to come
- a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future also: future tense
- bulk commodities bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date
future in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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All his thoughts were on the future.
The Intrusion of Jimmy · P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse · Chapter 1
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But until the future of Gervaise was assured, her mission was unfulfilled.
A Knight of the White Cross · G. A. (George Alfred) Henty · Chapter 1
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I purchased my domestic peace at the cost of your future in the world.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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He must have time to accustom himself to this degrading fate which loomed in the too-close future.
The Abandoned Room · Wadsworth Camp · Chapter 1
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We cannot look into the future, but later we shall understand it all and realize why we had to bear our troubles.
Cornelli · Johanna Spyri · Chapter 1