adj a future tense.
2. future ·adj the possibilities of the future;
used especially of prospective success or advancement; as, he had great future before him.
3. future ·vi 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.
4. future ·adj 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.