Definition of: future

(fy′chər) noun
1. The time yet to come.
2. Prospects or outlook.
3. Any security sold or bought upon agreement for future delivery: usually plural: to deal in futures.
4. Gram. a A verb tense denoting action that will take place at some time to come, b A verb in this tense.
—adjective
1. Such as will or may be hereafter.
2. Pertaining to or expressing time to come.
3. Pertaining to the state of the soul after death: the future life. [<OF futur <L futurus, future participle of esse be]