"simple future" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} simple future (not comparable)
  1. (grammar) Describing the tense which describes a future action. In English this uses forms of will, shall or be going to. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Grammar
    Sense id: en-simple_future-en-adj-YiMKqSTQ Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Noun

Forms: simple futures [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} simple future (plural simple futures)
  1. (grammar) The future tense. Categories (topical): Grammar, Tenses Synonyms: future simple Translations (future tense): futur simple [masculine] (Catalan), onvoltooid toekomende tijd (Dutch), futur simple [masculine] (French), egyszerű jövő (Hungarian), sîmpl'ye futur [masculine] (Norman), futuro simple [masculine] (Spanish), futuro imperfecto [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-simple_future-en-noun-m11eg6JZ Disambiguation of Tenses: 36 64 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 68 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 27 73 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 38 62 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Inflected forms

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