Future

Part of speech: noun (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." Shak.

2. The possibilities of the future; -- used especially of prospective success or advancement; as, he had great future before him.

3. A future tense. To deal in futures, to speculate on the future values of merchandise or stocks. [Brokers' cant]

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

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. Future tense (Gram.), the tense or modification of a verb which expresses a future act or event.