noun
    
    plural -tures
    
    [noncount] :the period of time that will come after the present time
    
    
    
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    b the future :the events that will happen after the present time
    
    
    
    [count] :the condition or situation of someone or something in the time that will come
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    the future grammar :future tense
    
    futures [plural] finance :goods or shares that are bought at prices which are agreed to now but that are delivered at a later time
    
    
    
    mortgage the/your future
    
    
    
    adjective
    
    always used before a noun
    
    coming after the present time :existing in the future
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    used to say what someone or something will be