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How to pronounce future in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms futurity, hereafter, time to come
Type of time
Has types by-and-by, kingdom come, manana, offing, tomorrow
Type Words
Synonyms next, succeeding
Derivation futurity
Type Words
Synonyms future tense
Type of tense
Type Words


future auxiliary.
Type Words
Type of good, trade good, commodity
Has types petroleum future, wheat future, oil future, soybean future
Type Words
Derivation futurity


he was preparing for future employment opportunities.
Type Words
Derivation futurity


some future historian will evaluate him.

Examples of future

future
In the near future, we will be trying to find a better way to handle this issue.
From the tennessean.com
The city has an important decision to make regarding the future of the property.
From the dailyherald.com
As for his future projections, it depends on Berkman's surgically-repaired knee.
From the stltoday.com
At eight of those sites, the authority may keep a small parcel for future wells.
From the newsday.com
We're at the dawn of custom network and content creation for future generations.
From the forbes.com
The political uncertainty in Lisbon makes its economic future much more certain.
From the businessweek.com
The community's future is tied in large part to technology development, he said.
From the thenewstribune.com
It remains to be seen whether Republicans heed his plea and focus on the future.
From the bostonherald.com
Both could use some help if this show is to have a future, possibly in New York.
From the bloomberg.com
More examples
  • The time yet to come
  • Yet to be or coming; "some future historian will evaluate him"
  • A verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future
  • Effective in or looking toward the future; "he was preparing for future employment opportunities"
  • Bulk commodities bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date
  • Future(a): (of elected officers) elected but not yet serving; "our next president"
  • The future is the indefinite time period after the present. Whether it's less than a millisecond away or a billion years, its arrival is considered inevitable due to the existence of time and the laws of physics. ...
  • In finance, a futures contract is a standardized contract between two parties to buy or sell a specified asset of standardized quantity and quality at a specified future date at a price agreed today (the futures price). The contracts are traded on a futures exchange. ...
  • In computer science, future, promise, and delay refer to constructs used for synchronization in some concurrent programming languages. They describe an object that acts as a proxy for a result that is initially not known, usually because the computation of its value has not yet completed.