future
adj 1: yet to be or coming; "some future historian will evaluate him" [ant: past, present(a)]
2: effective in or looking toward the future; "he was preparing for future employment opportunities" 3: coming at a subsequent time or stage; "the future president entered college at the age of 16"; "awaiting future actions on the bill"; "later developments"; "without ulterior argument" [syn: future(a), later(a), ulterior] 4: (of elected officers) elected but not yet serving; "our next president" [syn: future(a), next, succeeding(a)] 5: a verb tense or other formation referring to events or states that have not yet happened; "future auxiliary" n 1: the time yet to come [syn: hereafter, futurity, time to come] [ant: past]
