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- Into the future.
- toward the future; forward in time
- To an earlier point in time. See also bring forward.
- In the direction in which someone or something is facing.
- (nautical) At, near, or towards the bow of a vessel (with the frame of reference within the vessel).
- In the desired or usual direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively; onwards.
- In the usual order or sequence.
- So that front and back are in the usual orientation.
- At, near or towards the front of something.
- forward in time or order or degree
- near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane
- at or to or toward the front; forward
- in a forward direction
adj
- Situated toward or at the front of something.
- (figuratively) Moving in the desired direction of progress.
- Having the usual order or sequence.
- Prominent, emphasized (or, in combinations, emphasizing).
- Without customary restraint or modesty; bold, cheeky, pert, presumptuous or pushy.
- Advanced beyond the usual degree; advanced for the season; precocious.
- (of troops, guns etc.) Situated toward or near the enemy lines.
- Acting in or pertaining to the direction of travel or movement.
- Acting in or pertaining to the direction in which someone or something is facing.
- (finance, commerce) Expected or scheduled to take place in the future.
- moving forward
- at or near or directed toward the front
- used of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or modesty
- of the transmission gear causing forward movement in a motor vehicle
noun
- (rugby) One of the eight players (comprising two props, one hooker, two locks, two flankers and one number eight, collectively known as the pack) whose primary task is to gain and maintain possession of the ball (compare back).
- (nautical) The front part of a vessel.
- (ice hockey) An umbrella term for a centre or winger in ice hockey.
- (finance) A direct agreement between two parties to buy or sell an asset at a specific point in the future; distinguished from a futures contract in that the latter is standardized and traded on an exchange.
- (basketball) The small forward or power forward position; two frontcourt positions that are taller than guards but shorter than centers.
- Misspelling of foreword (“preface or introduction”).
- (Internet) An e-mail message that is forwarded to another recipient or recipients; an electronic chain letter.
- the person who plays the position of forward in certain games, such as basketball, soccer, or hockey
- a position on a basketball, soccer, or hockey team
verb
- (transitive) To advance, promote.
- (transitive) To send (a letter, email etc.) on to a third party.
- (transitive, bookbinding) To assemble (a book) by sewing sections, attaching cover boards, and so on.
- (intransitive, Caribbean) To arrive, come.
- send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit
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noun
- the near or foreseeable future
- (figuratively) The foreseeable future. Chiefly in the phrase in the offing.
- the part of the sea that can be seen from the shore and is beyond the anchoring area
- (nautical) The distance that a ship at sea keeps away from land, often because of navigational dangers, fog and other hazards; a position at a distance from shore.
- (nautical) The area of the sea in which a ship can be seen in the distance from land, excluding the parts nearest the shore, and beyond the anchoring ground.
verb
adj
- foreseeing the future
- perceiving things beyond the natural range of the senses
- Able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses.
- Of, relating to, or having clairvoyance.
- Able to foresee the future.
- (computing) Relating to a form of parallel processing algorithm given advance information about the problem.
- Having great insight; sagacious.
noun
adv
- To a future time.
- Beyond or in excess of what is correct or expected.
- Up one side of something, across, and then down the other side.
- So as to reverse up/down orientation, or otherwise change orientation by rotating.
- From an upright position to a horizontal one.
- On top of something, or so as to cover something.
- (often in compounds) To a high or excessive degree; overly; see also over-.
- Overnight (throughout the night).
- Across from one side of something to the other.
- Expressing figurative movement from one position or state across to another.
- Thoroughly; completely; from beginning to end.
- Indicating a direction or location away from the speaker, usually roughly horizontally or visualised as such.
- So as to pass above.
- (US, usually with do) Again; another time; once more; over again.
- So as to fold towards or onto itself.
- From one position or location to another, horizontally or approximately so, or along a route visualised as "across".
- See also individual entries for phrasal verbs: go over, hand over, run over, take over, win over, etc.
- So as to reverse or exchange position(s).
- Used for rhetorical effect to reinforce that something was done the stated number of times.
- Across something, such as an edge, and then downwards.
- beyond the top or upper surface or edge; forward from an upright position
- at or to a point across intervening space etc.
- throughout a period of time
- over the entire area
- throughout an area
adj
- (professional wrestling slang) Of a wrestler: generating a reaction from fans.
- (informal) Visiting one's home or other location.
- (botany) Of a flower: wilting or withering.
- Having surmounted an obstacle.
- Surplus to requirements.
- Finished; ended; concluded.
- (informal, of an ongoing situation) Hopeless; irrecoverable.
- (informal) Having an excess in a particular respect.
- having come or been brought to a conclusion
intj
noun
- (gambling) A bet that a particular sporting statistic, such a points scored in a game, will be above a certain stated value.
- (informal) Something having an excess of a particular property.
- Any surplus amount of money, goods delivered, etc.
- (cricket) A set of six legal balls bowled.
- (cricket) the division of play during which six balls are bowled at the batsman by one player from the other team from the same end of the pitch
prep
- While doing an activity involving (something), especially while consuming.
- (informal, for 'over at/in/on') At or near (a location seen as 'across' from the speaker's location).
- Indicating relative status, authority, or power
- Across, from one side to the other.
- Expressing causation: due to, as the result of.
- Above, implying superiority after a contest; in spite of; notwithstanding.
- To a greater degree than.
- On the other side of.
- From one physical position to another via an obstacle that must be traversed vertically, first upwards and then downwards.
- In a position of having overcome (a problem or issue); past; finished with; from one state to another via a hindrance that must be solved or defeated; or via a third state that represents a significant difference from the first two.
- Through or around all the parts of.
- Across (something) and then downwards.
- (mathematics) Divided by.
- Concerning or regarding.
- Above; higher than; further up than.
- (poker) Separates the three of a kind from the pair in a full house.
- (music, more common in speech) Separates the primary chord of a slash chord from the bass note
- During or throughout (a time period).
- More than (a given value, amount, limit etc.); beyond; past; exceeding.
- On top of; in such a way as to cover.
- (in certain collocations) As compared to.
- Across, so as to pass above.
- Through or via (a particular transmission medium).
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noun
- a future prospect or potential
- capability of existing or happening or being true
- a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena
- a possible alternative
- A thing possible; that which may take place or come into being.
- The quality of being possible.
- An option or choice, usually used in context with future events.
noun
- Expectation for the future.
- belief about (or mental picture of) the future
- The view from such a place.
- (Hong Kong, colloquial) look; appearance
- A place from which something can be viewed.
- An attitude or point of view.
- a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations
- the act of looking out
adj
- At some time in the future.
- Coming afterward in distance (following an antecedent distance as embedded within an adverbial phrase)
- comparative form of late: more late
- Coming afterward in time (used with than when comparing with another time).
- coming at a subsequent time or stage
- at or toward an end or late period or stage of development
adv
- at some eventual time in the future
- At some unspecified time in the future.
- comparative form of late: more late
- Afterward in time (used with than when comparing with another time).
- (Manglish, Singlish) What if (something problematic or unanticipated happens); if not (something undesirable will happen).
- happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
- comparative of the adverb ‘late’
intj
noun
adj
adj
- Anticipated in the near or far future.
- of or concerned with or related to the future
- Looking forward in time; acting with foresight.
- Likely or expected to happen or become.
- (medicine, of research) Being a study that starts with the present situation and follows participants into the future
- Of or relating to a prospect; furnishing a prospect.
- (grammar) Indicating grammatically an activity about to begin.
noun
noun
- The study and prediction of possible futures.
- (Judaism) The Jewish expectation of the messiah in the future.
- (art) An early 20th century avant-garde art movement focused on speed, the mechanical, and the modern, which took a deeply antagonistic attitude to traditional artistic conventions.
- (Christianity) Eschatological interpretations associating some Biblical prophecies with future events yet to be fulfilled, including the Second Coming.
- the position that the meaning of life should be sought in the future
- an artistic movement in Italy around 1910 that tried to express the energy and values of the machine age
noun
- the next world
- the end of time
- (Christianity, specifically) Heaven or paradise.
- (countable, by extension) A future period of happiness, peace, prosperity, and/or great progress; a golden age that is approaching.
- (figuratively) Death; also, a state of complete annihilation.
- (uncountable, Christianity) The rule of God over the world in the future; especially, according to those believing in millenarianism, during a period of peace beginning with the second coming of Jesus Christ and lasting a millennium.
adj
noun
- the time yet to come
- (sports) A minor-league prospect.
- (grammar) Verb tense used to talk about events that will happen in the future; future tense.
- Something that will happen in moments yet to come.
- (finance) Alternative form of futures.
- (computing, programming) An object that retrieves the value of a promise.
- The likely prospects for or fate of someone or something in time to come.
- The time ahead; those moments yet to be experienced.
- Goodness in what is yet to come. Something to look forward to.
- a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future
- bulk commodities bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date
adv
- In or for the future.
- toward the future; forward in time
- At or towards the front; in the direction one is facing or moving.
- So as to be further advanced, either spatially or in an abstract sense; to be superior.
- To a later time.
- To an earlier time.
- At an earlier time; beforehand; in advance.
- to a different or a more advanced time (meaning advanced either toward the present or toward the future)
- ahead of time; in anticipation
- at or in the front
- leading or ahead in a competition
- to a more advanced or advantageous position
- in a forward direction
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- expected in the near future
- at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
- very young
- being or occurring at an early stage of development
- belonging to the distant past
- of an early stage in the development of a language or literature
- After but close to the start of a period of time.
- (astronomy) Of a star or class of stars, hotter than the sun.
- Having begun to occur; in its early stages.
- Arriving a time before expected; sooner than on time.
- In the starting hours of the day.
- At a time in advance of the usual or expected event.
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- Prospect; outlook.
- (astrology) The relative position of heavenly bodies as they appear to an observer on earth; the angular relationship between points in a horoscope.
- (rail transport) The visual indication of railway signal as displayed to the driver. With three-aspect colour light signals this would be red, yellow or green, and on four-aspect signals, double-yellow also; a two-aspect signal displays red or green.
- A phase or a partial, but significant view or description of something.
- The way something appears when viewed from a certain direction or perspective.
- (grammar) A grammatical quality of a verb which determines the relationship of the speaker to the internal temporal flow of the event which the verb describes, or whether the speaker views the event from outside as a whole, or from within as it is unfolding.
- Position or situation with regard to seeing; that position which enables one to look in a particular direction; position in relation to the points of the compass.
- The way something appears when considered from a certain point of view.
- Any specific feature, part, or element of something.
- One's appearance or expression.
- (religion, mythology) The personified manifestation of a deity that represents one or more of its characteristics or functions.
- (programming) In aspect-oriented programming, a feature or component that can be applied to parts of a program independent of any inheritance hierarchy.
- a distinct feature or element in a problem
- the feelings expressed on a person's face
- a characteristic to be considered
- the beginning or duration or completion or repetition of the action of a verb
- the visual percept of a region
verb
adv
- At some future time; eventually.
- In addition.
- (after 'have' and certain copulative verbs, followed by an infinitive) Not as of the time referenced.
- In negative or interrogative use, often with an expectation or potential of something happening in the future.
- In negative imperative use, asking for an action to be delayed.
- (degree) Even.
- despite anything to the contrary (usually preceding a concession)
- to a greater degree or extent; used with comparisons
- up to the present time
- within an indefinite time or at an unspecified future time
- used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time
- used after a superlative
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verb
noun
- the near or foreseeable future
- (figuratively) The foreseeable future. Chiefly in the phrase in the offing.
- the part of the sea that can be seen from the shore and is beyond the anchoring area
- (nautical) The distance that a ship at sea keeps away from land, often because of navigational dangers, fog and other hazards; a position at a distance from shore.
- (nautical) The area of the sea in which a ship can be seen in the distance from land, excluding the parts nearest the shore, and beyond the anchoring ground.
verb
noun
- a future prospect or potential
- capability of existing or happening or being true
- a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena
- a possible alternative
- A thing possible; that which may take place or come into being.
- The quality of being possible.
- An option or choice, usually used in context with future events.
noun
- Expectation for the future.
- belief about (or mental picture of) the future
- The view from such a place.
- (Hong Kong, colloquial) look; appearance
- A place from which something can be viewed.
- An attitude or point of view.
- a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations
- the act of looking out
noun
adj
noun
- The study and prediction of possible futures.
- (Judaism) The Jewish expectation of the messiah in the future.
- (art) An early 20th century avant-garde art movement focused on speed, the mechanical, and the modern, which took a deeply antagonistic attitude to traditional artistic conventions.
- (Christianity) Eschatological interpretations associating some Biblical prophecies with future events yet to be fulfilled, including the Second Coming.
- the position that the meaning of life should be sought in the future
- an artistic movement in Italy around 1910 that tried to express the energy and values of the machine age
noun
- the next world
- the end of time
- (Christianity, specifically) Heaven or paradise.
- (countable, by extension) A future period of happiness, peace, prosperity, and/or great progress; a golden age that is approaching.
- (figuratively) Death; also, a state of complete annihilation.
- (uncountable, Christianity) The rule of God over the world in the future; especially, according to those believing in millenarianism, during a period of peace beginning with the second coming of Jesus Christ and lasting a millennium.
noun
noun
- Prospect; outlook.
- (astrology) The relative position of heavenly bodies as they appear to an observer on earth; the angular relationship between points in a horoscope.
- (rail transport) The visual indication of railway signal as displayed to the driver. With three-aspect colour light signals this would be red, yellow or green, and on four-aspect signals, double-yellow also; a two-aspect signal displays red or green.
- A phase or a partial, but significant view or description of something.
- The way something appears when viewed from a certain direction or perspective.
- (grammar) A grammatical quality of a verb which determines the relationship of the speaker to the internal temporal flow of the event which the verb describes, or whether the speaker views the event from outside as a whole, or from within as it is unfolding.
- Position or situation with regard to seeing; that position which enables one to look in a particular direction; position in relation to the points of the compass.
- The way something appears when considered from a certain point of view.
- Any specific feature, part, or element of something.
- One's appearance or expression.
- (religion, mythology) The personified manifestation of a deity that represents one or more of its characteristics or functions.
- (programming) In aspect-oriented programming, a feature or component that can be applied to parts of a program independent of any inheritance hierarchy.
- a distinct feature or element in a problem
- the feelings expressed on a person's face
- a characteristic to be considered
- the beginning or duration or completion or repetition of the action of a verb
- the visual percept of a region
verb
adj
noun
- the time yet to come
- (sports) A minor-league prospect.
- (grammar) Verb tense used to talk about events that will happen in the future; future tense.
- Something that will happen in moments yet to come.
- (finance) Alternative form of futures.
- (computing, programming) An object that retrieves the value of a promise.
- The likely prospects for or fate of someone or something in time to come.
- The time ahead; those moments yet to be experienced.
- Goodness in what is yet to come. Something to look forward to.
- a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future
- bulk commodities bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date
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noun
adv
- Into the future.
- toward the future; forward in time
- To an earlier point in time. See also bring forward.
- In the direction in which someone or something is facing.
- (nautical) At, near, or towards the bow of a vessel (with the frame of reference within the vessel).
- In the desired or usual direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively; onwards.
- In the usual order or sequence.
- So that front and back are in the usual orientation.
- At, near or towards the front of something.
- forward in time or order or degree
- near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane
- at or to or toward the front; forward
- in a forward direction
adj
- Situated toward or at the front of something.
- (figuratively) Moving in the desired direction of progress.
- Having the usual order or sequence.
- Prominent, emphasized (or, in combinations, emphasizing).
- Without customary restraint or modesty; bold, cheeky, pert, presumptuous or pushy.
- Advanced beyond the usual degree; advanced for the season; precocious.
- (of troops, guns etc.) Situated toward or near the enemy lines.
- Acting in or pertaining to the direction of travel or movement.
- Acting in or pertaining to the direction in which someone or something is facing.
- (finance, commerce) Expected or scheduled to take place in the future.
- moving forward
- at or near or directed toward the front
- used of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or modesty
- of the transmission gear causing forward movement in a motor vehicle
noun
- (rugby) One of the eight players (comprising two props, one hooker, two locks, two flankers and one number eight, collectively known as the pack) whose primary task is to gain and maintain possession of the ball (compare back).
- (nautical) The front part of a vessel.
- (ice hockey) An umbrella term for a centre or winger in ice hockey.
- (finance) A direct agreement between two parties to buy or sell an asset at a specific point in the future; distinguished from a futures contract in that the latter is standardized and traded on an exchange.
- (basketball) The small forward or power forward position; two frontcourt positions that are taller than guards but shorter than centers.
- Misspelling of foreword (“preface or introduction”).
- (Internet) An e-mail message that is forwarded to another recipient or recipients; an electronic chain letter.
- the person who plays the position of forward in certain games, such as basketball, soccer, or hockey
- a position on a basketball, soccer, or hockey team
verb
- (transitive) To advance, promote.
- (transitive) To send (a letter, email etc.) on to a third party.
- (transitive, bookbinding) To assemble (a book) by sewing sections, attaching cover boards, and so on.
- (intransitive, Caribbean) To arrive, come.
- send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit
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- To a future time.
- Beyond or in excess of what is correct or expected.
- Up one side of something, across, and then down the other side.
- So as to reverse up/down orientation, or otherwise change orientation by rotating.
- From an upright position to a horizontal one.
- On top of something, or so as to cover something.
- (often in compounds) To a high or excessive degree; overly; see also over-.
- Overnight (throughout the night).
- Across from one side of something to the other.
- Expressing figurative movement from one position or state across to another.
- Thoroughly; completely; from beginning to end.
- Indicating a direction or location away from the speaker, usually roughly horizontally or visualised as such.
- So as to pass above.
- (US, usually with do) Again; another time; once more; over again.
- So as to fold towards or onto itself.
- From one position or location to another, horizontally or approximately so, or along a route visualised as "across".
- See also individual entries for phrasal verbs: go over, hand over, run over, take over, win over, etc.
- So as to reverse or exchange position(s).
- Used for rhetorical effect to reinforce that something was done the stated number of times.
- Across something, such as an edge, and then downwards.
- beyond the top or upper surface or edge; forward from an upright position
- at or to a point across intervening space etc.
- throughout a period of time
- over the entire area
- throughout an area
adj
- (professional wrestling slang) Of a wrestler: generating a reaction from fans.
- (informal) Visiting one's home or other location.
- (botany) Of a flower: wilting or withering.
- Having surmounted an obstacle.
- Surplus to requirements.
- Finished; ended; concluded.
- (informal, of an ongoing situation) Hopeless; irrecoverable.
- (informal) Having an excess in a particular respect.
- having come or been brought to a conclusion
intj
noun
- (gambling) A bet that a particular sporting statistic, such a points scored in a game, will be above a certain stated value.
- (informal) Something having an excess of a particular property.
- Any surplus amount of money, goods delivered, etc.
- (cricket) A set of six legal balls bowled.
- (cricket) the division of play during which six balls are bowled at the batsman by one player from the other team from the same end of the pitch
prep
- While doing an activity involving (something), especially while consuming.
- (informal, for 'over at/in/on') At or near (a location seen as 'across' from the speaker's location).
- Indicating relative status, authority, or power
- Across, from one side to the other.
- Expressing causation: due to, as the result of.
- Above, implying superiority after a contest; in spite of; notwithstanding.
- To a greater degree than.
- On the other side of.
- From one physical position to another via an obstacle that must be traversed vertically, first upwards and then downwards.
- In a position of having overcome (a problem or issue); past; finished with; from one state to another via a hindrance that must be solved or defeated; or via a third state that represents a significant difference from the first two.
- Through or around all the parts of.
- Across (something) and then downwards.
- (mathematics) Divided by.
- Concerning or regarding.
- Above; higher than; further up than.
- (poker) Separates the three of a kind from the pair in a full house.
- (music, more common in speech) Separates the primary chord of a slash chord from the bass note
- During or throughout (a time period).
- More than (a given value, amount, limit etc.); beyond; past; exceeding.
- On top of; in such a way as to cover.
- (in certain collocations) As compared to.
- Across, so as to pass above.
- Through or via (a particular transmission medium).
adv
- In or for the future.
- toward the future; forward in time
- At or towards the front; in the direction one is facing or moving.
- So as to be further advanced, either spatially or in an abstract sense; to be superior.
- To a later time.
- To an earlier time.
- At an earlier time; beforehand; in advance.
- to a different or a more advanced time (meaning advanced either toward the present or toward the future)
- ahead of time; in anticipation
- at or in the front
- leading or ahead in a competition
- to a more advanced or advantageous position
- in a forward direction
adj
adj
- At some time in the future.
- Coming afterward in distance (following an antecedent distance as embedded within an adverbial phrase)
- comparative form of late: more late
- Coming afterward in time (used with than when comparing with another time).
- coming at a subsequent time or stage
- at or toward an end or late period or stage of development
adv
- at some eventual time in the future
- At some unspecified time in the future.
- comparative form of late: more late
- Afterward in time (used with than when comparing with another time).
- (Manglish, Singlish) What if (something problematic or unanticipated happens); if not (something undesirable will happen).
- happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
- comparative of the adverb ‘late’
intj
adv
- At some future time; eventually.
- In addition.
- (after 'have' and certain copulative verbs, followed by an infinitive) Not as of the time referenced.
- In negative or interrogative use, often with an expectation or potential of something happening in the future.
- In negative imperative use, asking for an action to be delayed.
- (degree) Even.
- despite anything to the contrary (usually preceding a concession)
- to a greater degree or extent; used with comparisons
- up to the present time
- within an indefinite time or at an unspecified future time
- used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time
- used after a superlative
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verb
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- foreseeing the future
- perceiving things beyond the natural range of the senses
- Able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses.
- Of, relating to, or having clairvoyance.
- Able to foresee the future.
- (computing) Relating to a form of parallel processing algorithm given advance information about the problem.
- Having great insight; sagacious.
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- At some time in the future.
- Coming afterward in distance (following an antecedent distance as embedded within an adverbial phrase)
- comparative form of late: more late
- Coming afterward in time (used with than when comparing with another time).
- coming at a subsequent time or stage
- at or toward an end or late period or stage of development
adv
- at some eventual time in the future
- At some unspecified time in the future.
- comparative form of late: more late
- Afterward in time (used with than when comparing with another time).
- (Manglish, Singlish) What if (something problematic or unanticipated happens); if not (something undesirable will happen).
- happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
- comparative of the adverb ‘late’
intj
adj
- Anticipated in the near or far future.
- of or concerned with or related to the future
- Looking forward in time; acting with foresight.
- Likely or expected to happen or become.
- (medicine, of research) Being a study that starts with the present situation and follows participants into the future
- Of or relating to a prospect; furnishing a prospect.
- (grammar) Indicating grammatically an activity about to begin.
noun
adj
noun
- the time yet to come
- (sports) A minor-league prospect.
- (grammar) Verb tense used to talk about events that will happen in the future; future tense.
- Something that will happen in moments yet to come.
- (finance) Alternative form of futures.
- (computing, programming) An object that retrieves the value of a promise.
- The likely prospects for or fate of someone or something in time to come.
- The time ahead; those moments yet to be experienced.
- Goodness in what is yet to come. Something to look forward to.
- a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future
- bulk commodities bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date
adj
- expected in the near future
- at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
- very young
- being or occurring at an early stage of development
- belonging to the distant past
- of an early stage in the development of a language or literature
- After but close to the start of a period of time.
- (astronomy) Of a star or class of stars, hotter than the sun.
- Having begun to occur; in its early stages.
- Arriving a time before expected; sooner than on time.
- In the starting hours of the day.
- At a time in advance of the usual or expected event.