future

future
future
A n
1 (on time scale) avenir m ; in the future dans l'avenir ; in the near ou not too distant future dans un proche avenir ; in future à l'avenir ; the train/shopping centre of the future le train/le centre commercial du futur or de demain ; who knows what the future holds ou might bring? qui sait ce que l'avenir nous réserve? ; to see into the future lire l'avenir ;
2 (prospects) (of person, industry, company, sport) avenir m ; she/the company has a future elle/la compagnie a de l'avenir ; to have a (bright) future avoir un (bel) avenir ; there's no future in this kind of work ce genre de travail n'a aucun avenir ;
3 Ling (also future tense) futur m ; in the future au futur.
B futures npl Fin (in Stock Exchange) contrats mpl à terme ; currency futures devises achetées à terme ; to deal in futures faire des opérations à terme.
C adj (épith) [generation, developments, investment, earnings] futur ; [prospects] d'avenir ; [queen, prince etc] futur (before n) ; at some future date à une date ultérieure ; I'll keep it for future reference je vais le garder au cas où on en aurait besoin fml or au cas où ; that would be useful for future reference cela pourrait être utile dans l'avenir.

Big English-French dictionary. 2003.

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