Definition of futures Futures
/fjuˈʧɚz/ - [fyucherz] - fu•tures
We found 5 definitions of futures from 2 different sources.
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What does futures mean?
Wiktionary 
- futures (Noun)
Plural of future. - futures (Noun)
futures contract .
Part of speech
🔤- futures, noun, plural of future.
WordNet
NounPlural: futures |
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| future - the time yet to come | ||
| hereafter, futurity, time to come | ||
| past times, yesteryear, past a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past | ||
| time the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past | ||
| kingdom come the end of time; "you can wet the bed till kingdom come, for all I care" | ||
| by-and-by an indefinite time in the future; "he'll get around to it in the sweet by-and-by" | ||
| offing the part of the sea that can be seen from the shore and is beyond the anchoring area; "there was a ship in the offing" | ||
| tomorrow the day after today; "what are our tasks for tomorrow?" | ||
| future - bulk commodities bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date | ||
| commodity, trade good, good articles of commerce | ||
| oil future, petroleum future petroleum bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date | ||
| soybean future soybeans bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date | ||
| future - a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future | ||
| future tense | ||
Adjectivefuture, futurer, futurest |
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| future - yet to be or coming; "some future historian will evaluate him" | ||
| past of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office; "a retiring member of the board" | ||
| present temporal sense; intermediate between past and future; now existing or happening or in consideration; "the present leader"; "articles for present use"; "the present topic"; "the present system"; "present observations" | ||
| incoming entering upon a position of office vacated by another; "the incoming president" | ||
| prospective of or concerned with or related to the future; "prospective earnings"; "a prospective mother"; "a prospective bride"; "the statute is solely prospective in operation" | ||
| timing the regulation of occurrence, pace, or coordination to achieve a desired effect (as in music, theater, athletics, mechanics) | ||
| approaching, coming, upcoming, forthcoming of the relatively near future; "the approaching election"; "this coming Thursday"; "the forthcoming holidays"; "the upcoming spring fashions" | ||
| future day yet to come; "a future-day Gibbon of Macaulay" | ||
| early at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time; "early morning"; "an early warning"; "early diagnosis"; "an early death"; "took early retirement"; "an early spring"; "early varieties of peas and tomatoes mature before most standard varieties" | ||
| emerging, rising coming to maturity; "the rising generation" | ||
| in store in readiness; awaiting; "gave us a hint of the excitement that was in store for us" | ||
| future - effective in or looking toward the future; "he was preparing for future employment opportunities" | ||
| prospective of or concerned with or related to the future; "prospective earnings"; "a prospective mother"; "a prospective bride"; "the statute is solely prospective in operation" | ||
| future - (of elected officers) elected but not yet serving; "our next president" | ||
| next, succeeding | ||
| incoming entering upon a position of office vacated by another; "the incoming president" | ||
| future - a verb tense or other formation referring to events or states that have not yet happened; "future auxiliary" | ||
| grammar the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics) | ||
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Wiktionary
- future (Noun)
The time ahead; those moments yet to be experienced. - future (Noun)
Something that will happen in moments yet to come. - future (Noun)
Goodness in what is yet to come/Something to look forward to. - future (Noun)
Verb tense used to talk about events that will happen in the future; future tense . - future (Noun)
An agreement between two parties that one will sell the other a specific commodity at a specific later date and a specific price. - future (Adjective)
Having to do with or occurring in the future.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- future (v. i.)
That is to be or come hereafter; that will exist at any time after the present; as, the next moment is future, to the present. - future (a.)
Time to come; time subsequent to the present (as, the future shall be as the present); collectively, events that are to happen in time to come. - future (a.)
The possibilities of the future; -- used especially of prospective success or advancement; as, he had great future before him. - future (a.)
A future tense.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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future
The time ahead; those moments yet to be experienced. -
future
Taking place or existing in the future.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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future
fūt′ūr, adj. about to be: that is to come: (gram.) expressing what will be.—n. time to come.—n. Fut′ure-per′fect (gram.), a tense expressing action viewed as past in reference to an assumed future time (L. amavero=I shall have loved).—v.i. Fut′urise, to form the future tense.—ns. Fut′urist, one whose chief interests are in what is to come; Futurition (-ish′un), future existence: accomplishment; Futur′ity, time to come: an event or state of being yet to come. [Fr.,—L. futurus, fut.p. of esse, to be.]
Wikipedia 
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The future is something that has not happened yet. Once that something has happened, it is called the past. If it is happening now, it is called the present.
Movies, television shows and books that tell made-up stories about the future are called science fiction.
Part of speech
🔤- future, noun, singular of futures.
- future, adjective, not comparable.
