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future
has definitions from the field of grammar
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[ noun ] the time yet to come
Synonyms Used in print (Walter H. Buchsbaum, "Advances in Medical Electronics"...)From the wealth of material and the wide variety of different electronic techniques perfected in the past few years we have selected a_few examples which appear to be headed for use in the immediate future and which offer completely new tools in medical research . (John R. Sargent, "Where To Aim Your Planning for Bigger...)Has the probable price situation in your field been forecast as a basis for future planning ? In the future , quantitative demand will be greater because of the expansion of the economy , and the qualitative need will be greater still . Have you estimated your sales manpower needs for the future ( both quantitatively and qualitatively ) ? With the growing complexity of markets and intensity of competition , sales management , whether at the district , region or headquarters level , is a tough job today - and it will be tougher in_the future . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] yet to be or coming
Examples "some future historian will evaluate him" Used in print (The Atlanta Constitution...)Pelham pointed_out that Georgia voters last November rejected a constitutional amendment to allow legislators to vote on pay raises for future Legislature sessions . ("Editorials"...)If some future Khrushchev decided to rake_up the misdeeds of his revered predecessor , would not the factory_workers pass the same resolutions applauding his dispossession ? (The Christian Science Monitor,...)If so , it might be worth_while to assign a future jazz show to a different department - one with enough confidence in the musical material to cut_down on the number of performers and give them a_little room to display their talents . Still , the network 's willingness to experiment in this musical field is to be commended , and future essays happily anticipated . (Joyce O. Hertzler, American Social Institutions;...)Religion usually also includes a principle of compensation , mainly in a promised perfect future state . Related terms present past approaching prospective in_store coming proximo early emerging prospective incoming timing |
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[ adjective ] effective in or looking toward the future
Examples "he was preparing for future employment opportunities" Used in print (James Thurber, "The Future, If Any, of Comedy,"...)There is a bitter satire for a future writer in that '' . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] coming at a subsequent time or stage
Examples "the future president entered college at the age of 16" "awaiting future actions on the bill" "later developments" "without ulterior argument" Used in print (Walter H. Buchsbaum, "Advances in Medical Electronics"...)Applications to organs other_than the gastrointestinal tract are planned for future experiments . (John R. Sargent, "Where To Aim Your Planning for Bigger...)Most marketing people agree it is going_to take redoubled efforts to satisfy future requirements . (Brainard Cheney, "Christianity and the Tragic Vision-Ut...)What I am here to do is to report on the gyrations of the struggle - a struggle that amounts to self redefinition - to see if we can predict its future course . (87th Congress, 1st Session. Congressional Record....)You can see it , for_example , in the extensive efforts President_Kennedy has made to enlist solid bipartisan support for his actions toward both Cuba and Laos ; efforts , as I see it , which are being directed , by_the_way , toward support for future actions , not for those already past . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] (of elected officers) elected but not yet serving
Synonyms Examples "our next president" Used in print (William G. Pollard, Physicist and Christian....)It is they , of_course , who keep it alive and preserve it so the same spirit will continue to be present in the Corps for future recruits to find as they come into it . (Edward Austin Walton, "On Education for the Interior...)This kind of irresponsibility toward their students can scarcely build a strong professional attitude in the future designer . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (grammar) a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future
Synonyms Used in print (Philip Jos‚ Farmer, The Lovers....)Instead of inflecting a verb or using an unattached particle to indicate the past or future , Siddo used an entirely different word . Thus , the masculine animate infinitive dabhumaksanigalu'ahai , meaning to live , was , in the perfect_tense , ksu'u'peli'afo , and , in the future , mai'teipa . Related terms |
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[ noun ] bulk commodities bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date
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[ adjective ] (grammar) a verb tense or other formation referring to events or states that have not yet happened
Examples "future auxiliary" Related terms |
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