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Traditional English :: future
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future - adj. & n. --adj. 1 a going or expected to happen or be or become (his future career). b that will be something specified (my future wife). c that will be after death (a future life).
2 a of time to come (future years). b Gram. (of a tense or participle) describing an event yet to happen. --n. 1 time to come (past, present, and future).
2 what will happen in the future (the future is uncertain).
3 the future condition of a person, country, etc.
4 a prospect of success etc. (there's no future in it).
5 Gram. the future tense.
6 (in pl.) Stock Exch. a goods and stocks sold for future delivery. b contracts for these. for the future = in future. future perfect Gram. a tense giving the sense will have done. future shock inability to cope with rapid progress. in future from now onwards. futureless adj. [ME f. OF futur -ure f. L futurus future part. of esse be f. stem fu- be] |
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Related Words
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chronic
time
again
lyric
back
florida
bright
scholarship
broker
brokerage
shop
ca
cattle
chart
combat
system
commodity
trading
option
cotton
crude
oil
dial
electronics
farmer
america
freak
me
out
movie
release
natural
gas
past
present
ring
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Most Often Usage
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chronic future time and time again lyric
chronic future time and time again
back to the future
florida bright future
bright future
bright future scholarship
florida bright future scholarship
future broker
future brokerage
future shop ca
cattle future
future chart
chronic future lyric
chronic future
future combat system
commodity future
commodity future trading
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