(1):
(a.) A future tense.
(2):
(a.) The possibilities of the future; - used especially of prospective success or advancement; as, he had great future before him.
(3):
(a.) 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.
(4):
(v. i.) 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.