FUTURE TENSE Definition & Meaning

future tense

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Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Grammar.

in English, the simple future.
any verb formation or construction used to express an action or state that is to occur at a time after the present, such as, in English, the future perfect or future progressive tenses.
an instance or form of a verb expressing an action or state that is to occur at a time after the present:
“I will go” is the first person singular future tense of “go.”
Find all the future tenses in the following paragraph.

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Origin of future tense¹

First recorded in 1550–60

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Example Sentences

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In post-interviews, contestants are asked to answer questions in past, present and future tense.

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The text next to an image of Halley’s Comet refers to its 1986 appearance in the future tense.

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“Two things must go away: Climate delayism and speaking about climate change impacts in the future tense. It’s here.”

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This Is the process whereby pain of the past in its pastness May be converted into the future tense.

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"In previous reports, we've been largely talking about the impacts of climate in the future tense," Professor Emma Johnston, another report chief author, told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

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