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future
adjective [before noun] /ˈfjuː.tʃər/
/-tʃɚ/ Definition
B1 happening or existing in the future: Of course we'll keep you up to date with any future developments. There's an old superstition that young girls going to bed on this night dream of their future husbands.In the future and soon › In grammar, the future form of a verb is used when talking about something that will happen or exist: How do you say that in the future tense?Verb forms, tenses and types of verbs for future reference › used when you tell someone something so that it will be known about and can be used in the future: For future reference, could you use the headed paper for any correspondence that leaves this office?Starting from a particular time
(Definition of future adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a matter/question of time idiom
- ahead adverb (IN THE FUTURE)
- all in good time idiom
- anon adverb
- ASAP
- away adverb (IN THE FUTURE)
- due adjective (EXPECTED)
- future noun (TIME TO COME)
- futuristic adjective
- gonna
- in the fullness of time idiom
- in the long run idiom
- in the short run idiom
- posterity noun
- presently adverb (SOON)
- shortly adverb
- someday adverb
- sometime adverb
- space noun (EMPTY PLACE)
- yet adverb (IN THE FUTURE)
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