Definition of Future

Funeral

FUTURE noun

	That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured.

		definition from: *The Devil's Dictionary* by Ambrose Bierce, 1911

Gallows

Regular definition:

FUTURE:
?fju:t?? adj. & n. --adj. 1 a going or expected to happen or be or become (his future career). b that will be something specified (my future wife). c that will be after death (a future life). 2 a of time to come (future years). b Gram. (of a tense or participle) describing an event yet to happen. --n. 1 time to come (past, present, and future). 2 what will happen in the future (the future is uncertain). 3 the future condition of a person, country, etc. 4 a prospect of success etc. (there's no future in it). 5 Gram. the future tense. 6 (in pl.) Stock Exch. a goods and stocks sold for future delivery. b contracts for these. øfor the future = in future. future perfect Gram. a tense giving the sense will have done. future shock inability to cope with rapid progress. in future from now onwards. øøfutureless adj. [ME f. OF futur -ure f. L futurus future part. of esse be f. stem fu- be]

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