the future
noun
1
: the events that will happen after the present time
It's impossible to predict the future.
2
grammar
: a verb tense that is used to refer to the future : future tense
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Archer already has a factory in Georgia which is designed to build 650 eVTOLs per year, though Goldstein said this could be tripled in the future.
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James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
This is the web version of Fortune Tech, a daily newsletter breaking down the biggest players and stories shaping the future.
—Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2025
The action then jumps seventeen years into the future, where Morgan and Chris’s daughter, Clara (Mckenna Grace), is now a teen-ager who resents her mom’s protectiveness and idolizes her freewheeling aunt.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
Ford spokespeople said the company may sell more vehicles from the collection in the future.
—Jamie L. Lareau, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
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James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
This is the web version of Fortune Tech, a daily newsletter breaking down the biggest players and stories shaping the future.
—Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2025
The action then jumps seventeen years into the future, where Morgan and Chris’s daughter, Clara (Mckenna Grace), is now a teen-ager who resents her mom’s protectiveness and idolizes her freewheeling aunt.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
Ford spokespeople said the company may sell more vehicles from the collection in the future.
—Jamie L. Lareau, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the future
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“The future.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20future. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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