Fu·ture n.
 1. 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. “Lay the future open.”
 2. The possibilities of the future; -- used especially of prospective success or advancement; as, he had great future before him.
 3. Gram. A future tense.
 To deal in futures, to speculate on the future values of merchandise or stocks. [Brokers' cant]

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