'Future tense' definitions:
Definition of 'future tense'
From: WordNet
noun
A verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future [syn: future, future tense]
Definition of 'Future tense'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Future tense (Gram.), the tense or modification of a verb which expresses a future act or event. [1913 Webster]