"future tense" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: future tenses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} future tense (plural future tenses)
  1. (grammar) The tense or time form of a verb used to refer to an event or occurrence that has not yet happened or is expected to happen in the future. Categories (topical): Grammar, Tenses Related terms: be, is, was, going to (english: gonna), shall, will Translations (time form of a verb): toekomende tyd (Afrikaans), مُسْتَقْبَل (mustaqbal) [masculine] (Arabic), ապառնի (apaṙni) (Armenian), ապառնի ժամանակ (apaṙni žamanak) (Armenian), gələcək zaman (Azerbaijani), киләсәк заман (kiləsək zaman) (Bashkir), бу́дучы час (búdučy čas) [masculine] (Belarusian), бъ́деще вре́ме (bǎ́dešte vréme) [common-gender] (Bulgarian), будучій час (budučij čas) [masculine] (Carpathian Rusyn), futur [masculine] (Catalan), 將來時態 (Chinese Mandarin), 将来时态 (jiānglái shítài) (Chinese Mandarin), 將來時制 (Chinese Mandarin), 将来时制 (jiānglái shízhì) (Chinese Mandarin), 將來時 (Chinese Mandarin), 将来时 (jiāngláishí) (Chinese Mandarin), пулас вӑхӑт (pulas văh̬ăt) (Chuvash), kelecek zaman (Crimean Tatar), budoucí čas (Czech), fremtid [common-gender] (Danish), toekomende tijd [masculine] (Dutch), onvoltooid toekomstige tijd [masculine] (Dutch), tulevik (Estonian), framtíð [feminine] (Faroese), futuuri (Finnish), tuleva aika (Finnish), futur [masculine] (French), futur simple [masculine] (French), futuro [masculine] (Galician), მომავალი (momavali) (Georgian), მყოფადი (mq̇opadi) (Georgian), Futur [neuter] (German), μέλλοντας (méllontas) [masculine] (Greek), μέλλων (méllon) [masculine] (Greek), עָתִיד (atíd) [masculine] (Hebrew), भविष्यकाल (bhaviṣyakāl) [masculine] (Hindi), भविष्य (bhaviṣya) [masculine] (Hindi), jövő idő (Hungarian), an aimsir fháistineach [feminine] (Irish), fáistineach [masculine] (Irish), futuro [masculine] (Italian), futuro semplice (note: referring to an action, a state, ... which is expected will be in progress or not yet started at the future time of reference) [masculine] (Italian), futuro anteriore (note: a state, ... which is expected that will be finished/ended/completed at the future time of reference) [future, masculine, perfect] (Italian), 未来時制 (mirai jisei) (alt: みらいじせい) (Japanese), 未来形 (miraikei) (alt: みらいけい) (Japanese), 未来 (mirai) (alt: みらい) (Japanese), ирх цаг (irx tsag) (Kalmyk), келер шақ (keler şaq) (Kazakh), 미래시제 (miraesije) (alt: 未來時制) (Korean), гележек заман (gelejek zaman) (Kumyk), келер чак (keler cak) (Kyrgyz), tempus futūrum [neuter] (Latin), futūrum [neuter] (Latin), nākotnes laiks [masculine] (Latvian), būsimasis laikas (Lithuanian), идно време (idno vreme) [neuter] (Macedonian), ഭാവി കാലം (bhāvi kālaṁ) (Malayalam), wāheke (Maori), ирээдүй цаг (ireedüj cag) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), tʼahígo (Navajo), келеек заман (keleyek zaman) (Nogai), futur [Bokmål, masculine] (Norman), futurum [neuter] (Norwegian), آیَنْدِه (âyande) (Persian), مُسْتَقْبَل (mostaqbal) (Persian), czas przyszły [masculine] (Polish), futuro (Portuguese), timp viitor [neuter] (Romanian), бу́дущее вре́мя (búduščeje vrémja) [neuter] (Russian), tràth teachdail [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), фу̀тӯр [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), fùtūr [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), budúci čas [masculine] (Slovak), prihodnjik [masculine] (Slovene), келер ӧй (keler öy) (Southern Altai), futuro [masculine] (Spanish), tiempo futuro [masculine] (Spanish), futurum (Swedish), panghinaharap (Tagalog), magaganap (Tagalog), оянда (oyanda) (Tajik), мустақбал (mustaqbal) (Tajik), киләчәк заман (kiläçäk zaman) (Tatar), భవిష్యత్కాలము (bhaviṣyatkālamu) (Telugu), อนาคตกาล (à-naa-kót-dtà-gaan) (Thai), gelecek zaman (Turkish), geljek zaman (Turkmen), келир үе (kelir üe) (Tuvan), вуоно дыр (vuono dyr) (Udmurt), майбу́тній час (majbútnij čas) [masculine] (Ukrainian), مُسْتَقْبِل (mustaqbil) [masculine] (Urdu), اِسْتِقْبال (istiqbāl) [masculine] (Urdu), kelasi zamon (Uzbek), thì tương lai (Vietnamese), кэлэр кэм (keler kem) (Yakut)

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          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "búdučy čas",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "bǎ́dešte vréme",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "бъ́деще вре́ме"
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        {
          "code": "rue",
          "lang": "Carpathian Rusyn",
          "roman": "budučij čas",
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          "code": "ca",
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          "sense": "time form of a verb",
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
          "word": "將來時態"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jiānglái shítài",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
          "word": "将来时态"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
          "word": "將來時制"
        },
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jiānglái shízhì",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
          "word": "将来时制"
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        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
          "word": "將來時"
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        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jiāngláishí",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
          "word": "将来时"
        },
        {
          "code": "cv",
          "lang": "Chuvash",
          "roman": "pulas văh̬ăt",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
          "word": "пулас вӑхӑт"
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          "code": "crh",
          "lang": "Crimean Tatar",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
          "word": "kelecek zaman"
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
          "word": "budoucí čas"
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "toekomende tijd"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "onvoltooid toekomstige tijd"
        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
          "word": "tulevik"
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        {
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "framtíð"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
          "word": "futuuri"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
          "word": "tuleva aika"
        },
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "futur"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "futur simple"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "futuro"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "momavali",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
          "word": "მომავალი"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "mq̇opadi",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
          "word": "მყოფადი"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Futur"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "méllontas",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "μέλλοντας"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "méllon",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "μέλλων"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "atíd",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "עָתִיד"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "bhaviṣyakāl",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "भविष्यकाल"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "bhaviṣya",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "भविष्य"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
          "word": "jövő idő"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "an aimsir fháistineach"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "fáistineach"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "futuro"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "note": "referring to an action, a state, ... which is expected will be in progress or not yet started at the future time of reference",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "futuro semplice"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "note": "a state, ... which is expected that will be finished/ended/completed at the future time of reference",
          "raw_tags": [
            "referring to an action"
          ],
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
          "tags": [
            "future",
            "masculine",
            "perfect"
          ],
          "word": "futuro anteriore"
        },
        {
          "alt": "みらいじせい",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "mirai jisei",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
          "word": "未来時制"
        },
        {
          "alt": "みらいけい",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "miraikei",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
          "word": "未来形"
        },
        {
          "alt": "みらい",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "mirai",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
          "word": "未来"
        },
        {
          "code": "xal",
          "lang": "Kalmyk",
          "roman": "irx tsag",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
          "word": "ирх цаг"
        },
        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "keler şaq",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
          "word": "келер шақ"
        },
        {
          "alt": "未來時制",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "miraesije",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
          "word": "미래시제"
        },
        {
          "code": "kum",
          "lang": "Kumyk",
          "roman": "gelejek zaman",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
          "word": "гележек заман"
        },
        {
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "keler cak",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
          "word": "келер чак"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "tempus futūrum"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "futūrum"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "nākotnes laiks"
        },
        {
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
          "word": "būsimasis laikas"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "idno vreme",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "идно време"
        },
        {
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "bhāvi kālaṁ",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
          "word": "ഭാവി കാലം"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
          "word": "wāheke"
        },
        {
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "ireedüj cag",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "ирээдүй цаг"
        },
        {
          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
          "word": "tʼahígo"
        },
        {
          "code": "nog",
          "lang": "Nogai",
          "roman": "keleyek zaman",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
          "word": "келеек заман"
        },
        {
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
          "tags": [
            "Bokmål",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "futur"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "futurum"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "âyande",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
          "word": "آیَنْدِه"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "mostaqbal",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
          "word": "مُسْتَقْبَل"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "czas przyszły"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
          "word": "futuro"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "timp viitor"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "búduščeje vrémja",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "бу́дущее вре́мя"
        },
        {
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tràth teachdail"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "фу̀тӯр"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "fùtūr"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "budúci čas"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "prihodnjik"
        },
        {
          "code": "alt",
          "lang": "Southern Altai",
          "roman": "keler öy",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
          "word": "келер ӧй"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "futuro"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tiempo futuro"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
          "word": "futurum"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
          "word": "panghinaharap"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
          "word": "magaganap"
        },
        {
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "oyanda",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
          "word": "оянда"
        },
        {
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "mustaqbal",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
          "word": "мустақбал"
        },
        {
          "code": "tt",
          "lang": "Tatar",
          "roman": "kiläçäk zaman",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
          "word": "киләчәк заман"
        },
        {
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "bhaviṣyatkālamu",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
          "word": "భవిష్యత్కాలము"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "à-naa-kót-dtà-gaan",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
          "word": "อนาคตกาล"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
          "word": "gelecek zaman"
        },
        {
          "code": "tk",
          "lang": "Turkmen",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
          "word": "geljek zaman"
        },
        {
          "code": "tyv",
          "lang": "Tuvan",
          "roman": "kelir üe",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
          "word": "келир үе"
        },
        {
          "code": "udm",
          "lang": "Udmurt",
          "roman": "vuono dyr",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
          "word": "вуоно дыр"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "majbútnij čas",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "майбу́тній час"
        },
        {
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "mustaqbil",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "مُسْتَقْبِل"
        },
        {
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "istiqbāl",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "اِسْتِقْبال"
        },
        {
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
          "word": "kelasi zamon"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
          "word": "thì tương lai"
        },
        {
          "code": "sah",
          "lang": "Yakut",
          "roman": "keler kem",
          "sense": "time form of a verb",
          "word": "кэлэр кэм"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "future tense"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "future tenses",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "future tense (plural future tenses)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "be"
    },
    {
      "word": "is"
    },
    {
      "word": "was"
    },
    {
      "english": "gonna",
      "word": "going to"
    },
    {
      "word": "shall"
    },
    {
      "word": "will"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "Kumyk terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "en:Grammar",
        "en:Tenses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The tense or time form of a verb used to refer to an event or occurrence that has not yet happened or is expected to happen in the future."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grammar",
          "grammar"
        ],
        [
          "tense",
          "tense"
        ],
        [
          "future",
          "future"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(grammar) The tense or time form of a verb used to refer to an event or occurrence that has not yet happened or is expected to happen in the future."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "word": "toekomende tyd"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "mustaqbal",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مُسْتَقْبَل"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "apaṙni",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "word": "ապառնի"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "apaṙni žamanak",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "word": "ապառնի ժամանակ"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "word": "gələcək zaman"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "kiləsək zaman",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "word": "киләсәк заман"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "búdučy čas",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "бу́дучы час"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "bǎ́dešte vréme",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "бъ́деще вре́ме"
    },
    {
      "code": "rue",
      "lang": "Carpathian Rusyn",
      "roman": "budučij čas",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "будучій час"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "futur"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "word": "將來時態"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiānglái shítài",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "word": "将来时态"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "word": "將來時制"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiānglái shízhì",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "word": "将来时制"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "word": "將來時"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiāngláishí",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "word": "将来时"
    },
    {
      "code": "cv",
      "lang": "Chuvash",
      "roman": "pulas văh̬ăt",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "word": "пулас вӑхӑт"
    },
    {
      "code": "crh",
      "lang": "Crimean Tatar",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "word": "kelecek zaman"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "word": "budoucí čas"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "fremtid"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "toekomende tijd"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "onvoltooid toekomstige tijd"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "word": "tulevik"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "framtíð"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "word": "futuuri"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "word": "tuleva aika"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "futur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "futur simple"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "futuro"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "momavali",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "word": "მომავალი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mq̇opadi",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "word": "მყოფადი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Futur"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "méllontas",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "μέλλοντας"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "méllon",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "μέλλων"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "atíd",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "עָתִיד"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "bhaviṣyakāl",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "भविष्यकाल"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "bhaviṣya",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "भविष्य"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "word": "jövő idő"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "an aimsir fháistineach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fáistineach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "futuro"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "note": "referring to an action, a state, ... which is expected will be in progress or not yet started at the future time of reference",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "futuro semplice"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "note": "a state, ... which is expected that will be finished/ended/completed at the future time of reference",
      "raw_tags": [
        "referring to an action"
      ],
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "perfect"
      ],
      "word": "futuro anteriore"
    },
    {
      "alt": "みらいじせい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "mirai jisei",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "word": "未来時制"
    },
    {
      "alt": "みらいけい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "miraikei",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "word": "未来形"
    },
    {
      "alt": "みらい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "mirai",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "word": "未来"
    },
    {
      "code": "xal",
      "lang": "Kalmyk",
      "roman": "irx tsag",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "word": "ирх цаг"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "keler şaq",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "word": "келер шақ"
    },
    {
      "alt": "未來時制",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "miraesije",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "word": "미래시제"
    },
    {
      "code": "kum",
      "lang": "Kumyk",
      "roman": "gelejek zaman",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "word": "гележек заман"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "keler cak",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "word": "келер чак"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "tempus futūrum"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "futūrum"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nākotnes laiks"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "word": "būsimasis laikas"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "idno vreme",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "идно време"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "bhāvi kālaṁ",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "word": "ഭാവി കാലം"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "word": "wāheke"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "ireedüj cag",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "ирээдүй цаг"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "word": "tʼahígo"
    },
    {
      "code": "nog",
      "lang": "Nogai",
      "roman": "keleyek zaman",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "word": "келеек заман"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "tags": [
        "Bokmål",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "futur"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "futurum"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "âyande",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "word": "آیَنْدِه"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "mostaqbal",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "word": "مُسْتَقْبَل"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "czas przyszły"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "word": "futuro"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "timp viitor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "búduščeje vrémja",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "бу́дущее вре́мя"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tràth teachdail"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "фу̀тӯр"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fùtūr"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "budúci čas"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prihodnjik"
    },
    {
      "code": "alt",
      "lang": "Southern Altai",
      "roman": "keler öy",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "word": "келер ӧй"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "futuro"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tiempo futuro"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "word": "futurum"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "word": "panghinaharap"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "word": "magaganap"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "oyanda",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "word": "оянда"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "mustaqbal",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "word": "мустақбал"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "kiläçäk zaman",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "word": "киләчәк заман"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "bhaviṣyatkālamu",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "word": "భవిష్యత్కాలము"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "à-naa-kót-dtà-gaan",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "word": "อนาคตกาล"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "word": "gelecek zaman"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "word": "geljek zaman"
    },
    {
      "code": "tyv",
      "lang": "Tuvan",
      "roman": "kelir üe",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "word": "келир үе"
    },
    {
      "code": "udm",
      "lang": "Udmurt",
      "roman": "vuono dyr",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "word": "вуоно дыр"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "majbútnij čas",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "майбу́тній час"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "mustaqbil",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مُسْتَقْبِل"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "istiqbāl",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "اِسْتِقْبال"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "word": "kelasi zamon"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "word": "thì tương lai"
    },
    {
      "code": "sah",
      "lang": "Yakut",
      "roman": "keler kem",
      "sense": "time form of a verb",
      "word": "кэлэр кэм"
    }
  ],
  "word": "future tense"
}

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