[n] bulk commodities bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date
[n] a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future
[n] the time yet to come
[adj] yet to be or coming; "some future historian will evaluate him"
[adj] effective in or looking toward the future; "he was preparing for future employment opportunities"
[adj] (grammar) a verb tense or other formation referring to events or states that have not yet happened; "future auxiliary"