future participle

future participle
A part of speech present in some languages (e.g. Latin and Hungarian) but not in English that gives a sense of something about to happen.

Latin: Morituri te salutamus. (We who are about to die salute you.)


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  • future — (adj.) late 14c., from O.Fr. futur, from L. futurus going to be, yet to be, as a noun, the future, irregular suppletive future participle of esse to be, from PIE *bheue (see BE (Cf. be)). The English noun (late 14c.) is modeled on L. futura,… …   Etymology dictionary

  • future — /ˈfjutʃə / (say fyoohchuh) noun 1. time that is to be or come hereafter. 2. what will exist or happen in future time. 3. a future condition, especially of success or prosperity. 4. prospects of future success, especially in a career: he s got no… …  

  • future — noun 1》 (the future) time that is still to come.     ↘events or conditions that will or are likely to occur at a later date. 2》 a prospect of success or happiness: I might have a future as an artist. 3》 Grammar a tense of verbs expressing events… …   English new terms dictionary

  • future — [14] Future comes via Old French future from Latin futūrus ‘going to be, about to be’, which was used as the future participle of esse ‘be’. It was a descendant of the Indo European base *bheu or *bhu , which originally denoted ‘grow’, and also… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • future — [14] Future comes via Old French future from Latin futūrus ‘going to be, about to be’, which was used as the future participle of esse ‘be’. It was a descendant of the Indo European base *bheu or *bhu , which originally denoted ‘grow’, and also… …   Word origins

  • Future perfect tense — The future perfect tense is used to describe an event that has not yet happened but which is expected or planned to happen before another stated occurrence. Formation of the future perfect in English In English, this tense is formed as… …   Wikipedia

  • Future I — Die Englische Grammatik ist die Grammatik der englischen Sprache. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Satzbau 2 Wortarten 2.1 Substantive (Nouns) 2.1.1 Numerus 2.1.2 Genera …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Future II — Die Englische Grammatik ist die Grammatik der englischen Sprache. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Satzbau 2 Wortarten 2.1 Substantive (Nouns) 2.1.1 Numerus 2.1.2 Genera …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Future II Progressive — Die Englische Grammatik ist die Grammatik der englischen Sprache. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Satzbau 2 Wortarten 2.1 Substantive (Nouns) 2.1.1 Numerus 2.1.2 Genera …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Future II Simple — Die Englische Grammatik ist die Grammatik der englischen Sprache. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Satzbau 2 Wortarten 2.1 Substantive (Nouns) 2.1.1 Numerus 2.1.2 Genera …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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