Phrase guide

future tense

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • General-American: /fjuːt͡ʃhɚ tɛns/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

The tense or time form of a verb used to refer to an event or occurrence that has not yet happened or is expected to happen in the future.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: future

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: tense

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

110 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: toekomende tyd — time form of a verb
  • Albanian: kohë e ardhme — time form of a verb
  • Albanian: koha e ardhme — time form of a verb
  • Southern Altai: келер ӧй (keler öy) — time form of a verb
  • Arabic: مُسْتَقْبَل (mustaqbal) — time form of a verb
  • Armenian: ապառնի (apaṙni) — time form of a verb
  • Armenian: ապառնի ժամանակ (apaṙni žamanak) — time form of a verb
  • Azerbaijani: gələcək zaman — time form of a verb
  • Bashkir: киләсәк заман (kiləsək zaman) — time form of a verb
  • Belarusian: бу́дучы час (búdučy čas) — time form of a verb
  • Bengali: ভবিষ্যৎ কাল (bhobiśśot kal) — time form of a verb
  • Bulgarian: бъ́деще вре́ме (bǎ́dešte vréme) — time form of a verb
  • Carpathian Rusyn: будучій час (budučij čas) — time form of a verb
  • Catalan: futur — time form of a verb
  • Chinese Mandarin: 將來時態 /将来时态 (jiānglái shítài) — time form of a verb
  • Chinese Mandarin: 將來時制 /将来时制 (jiānglái shízhì) — time form of a verb
  • Chinese Mandarin: 將來時 /将来时 (jiāngláishí) — time form of a verb
  • Chuvash: пулас вӑхӑт (pulas văh̬ăt) — time form of a verb
  • Crimean Tatar: kelecek zaman — time form of a verb
  • Czech: budoucí čas — time form of a verb
  • Danish: fremtid — time form of a verb
  • Danish: futurum — time form of a verb
  • Dutch: toekomende tijd — time form of a verb
  • Dutch: onvoltooid toekomstige tijd — time form of a verb
  • Dutch: futurum — time form of a verb
  • Esperanto: futuro — time form of a verb
  • Estonian: tulevik — time form of a verb
  • Faroese: framtíð — time form of a verb
  • Finnish: futuuri — time form of a verb
  • Finnish: tuleva aika — time form of a verb
  • French: futur — time form of a verb
  • French: futur simple — time form of a verb
  • Galician: futuro — time form of a verb
  • Georgian: მომავალი (momavali) — time form of a verb
  • Georgian: მყოფადი (mq̇opadi) — time form of a verb
  • German: Futur — time form of a verb
  • German: Zukunft — time form of a verb
  • Greek: μέλλοντας (méllontas) — time form of a verb
  • Greek: μέλλων (méllon) — time form of a verb
  • Hebrew: עָתִיד (atíd) — time form of a verb
  • Hindi: भविष्यकाल (bhaviṣyakāl) — time form of a verb
  • Hindi: भविष्य (bhaviṣya) — time form of a verb
  • Hungarian: jövő idő — time form of a verb
  • Indonesian: kala mendatang — time form of a verb
  • Irish: an aimsir fháistineach — time form of a verb
  • Irish: fáistineach — time form of a verb
  • Italian: futuro — time form of a verb
  • Italian: futuro semplice — time form of a verb
  • Italian: futuro anteriore — time form of a verb
  • Japanese: 未来時制 (mirai jisei) — time form of a verb
  • Japanese: 未来形 (miraikei) — time form of a verb
  • Japanese: 未来 (mirai) — time form of a verb
  • Kabyle: imal — time form of a verb
  • Kalmyk: ирх цаг (irx tsag) — time form of a verb
  • Kazakh: келер шақ (keler şaq) — time form of a verb
  • Khmer: អនាគតកាល (ʼaʼnaakŭət kaal) — time form of a verb
  • Korean: 미래시제 (miraesije) — time form of a verb
  • Kumyk: гележек заман (gelejek zaman) — time form of a verb
  • Kyrgyz: келер чак (keler cak) — time form of a verb
  • Latin: tempus futūrum — time form of a verb
  • Latin: futūrum — time form of a verb
  • Latvian: nākotnes laiks — time form of a verb
  • Lithuanian: būsimasis laikas — time form of a verb
  • Macedonian: идно време (idno vreme) — time form of a verb
  • Malay: kala kelak — time form of a verb
  • Malayalam: ഭാവി കാലം (bhāvi kālaṁ) — time form of a verb
  • Māori: wāheke — time form of a verb
  • Mongolian: ирээдүй цаг (ireedüj cag) — time form of a verb
  • Navajo: tʼahígo — time form of a verb
  • Nogai: келеек заман (keleyek zaman) — time form of a verb
  • Norman: futur — time form of a verb
  • Norwegian Bokmål: futurum — time form of a verb
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: futurum — time form of a verb
  • Old English: tōweard tīd — time form of a verb
  • Iranian Persian: آیَنْدِه (âyande) — time form of a verb
  • Iranian Persian: زَمانِ آیَنْدِه (zamân-e âyande) — time form of a verb
  • Iranian Persian: مُسْتَقْبَل (mostaġbal) — time form of a verb
  • Polish: czas przyszły — time form of a verb
  • Portuguese: futuro — time form of a verb
  • Portuguese: futuro do presente — time form of a verb
  • Romanian: viitor — time form of a verb
  • Romanian: timp viitor — time form of a verb
  • Russian: бу́дущее вре́мя (búduščeje vrémja) — time form of a verb
  • Scottish Gaelic: tràth teachdail — time form of a verb
  • Serbo-Croatian: фу̀тӯр — time form of a verb
  • Serbo-Croatian: fùtūr — time form of a verb
  • Slovak: budúci čas — time form of a verb
  • Slovene: prihodnjik — time form of a verb
  • Spanish: futuro — time form of a verb
  • Spanish: tiempo futuro — time form of a verb
  • Swedish: futurum — time form of a verb
  • Tagalog: panghinaharap — time form of a verb
  • Tagalog: magaganap — time form of a verb
  • Tajik: оянда (oyanda) — time form of a verb
  • Tajik: замони оянда (zamon-i oyanda) — time form of a verb
  • Tajik: мустақбал (mustaqbal) — time form of a verb
  • Tamil: எதிர்காலம் (etirkālam) — time form of a verb
  • Tatar: киләчәк заман (kiläçäk zaman) — time form of a verb
  • Telugu: భవిష్యత్కాలము (bhaviṣyatkālamu) — time form of a verb
  • Thai: อนาคตกาล (à-naa-kót-dtà-gaan) — time form of a verb
  • Turkish: gelecek zaman — time form of a verb
  • Turkmen: geljek zaman — time form of a verb
  • Tuvan: келир үе (kelir üe) — time form of a verb
  • Udmurt: вуоно дыр (vuono dyr) — time form of a verb
  • Ukrainian: майбу́тній час (majbútnij čas) — time form of a verb
  • Urdu: مُسْتَقْبِل (mustaqbil) — time form of a verb
  • Urdu: اِسْتِقْبال (istiqbāl) — time form of a verb
  • Uzbek: kelasi zamon — time form of a verb
  • Vietnamese: thì tương lai — time form of a verb
  • Yakut: кэлэр кэм (keler kem) — time form of a verb