Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Future \Fu"ture\ (?; 135), a. [F. futur, L. futurus, used as
   fut. p. of esse to be, but from the same root as E. be. See
   {Be}, 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.

   {Future tense} (Gram.), the tense or modification of a verb
      which expresses a future act or event.

Source : WordNet®

future tense
     n : a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future
         [syn: {future}]