Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Future \Fu"ture\, n. [Cf. F. futur. See {Future}, a.]
   1. 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. ``Lay the future open.''
      --Shak.

   2. The possibilities of the future; -- used especially of
      prospective success or advancement; as, he had great
      future before him.

   3. (Gram.) A future tense.

   {To deal in futures}, to speculate on the future values of
      merchandise or stocks. [Brokers' cant]