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futurate

futurate noun: the use of a non-future-tense verb to express future time. In English, typically this refers to present-tense verbs.

Noun

futurate (plural futurates)

  1. The use of a non-future-tense verb to express future time. In English, typically this refers to present-tense verbs.
    • The verbs in sentences like "School starts next month", "I'm meeting him at 6:00 tomorrow", and "I thought the party was next week" are futurate uses.

Forms of futurate

pluralfuturates

Questions about futurate

What does futurate mean?
Futurate means the use of a non-future-tense verb to express future time. In English, typically this refers to present-tense verbs.
What part of speech is futurate?
Futurate is a noun.
What is the plural of futurate?
The plural of futurate is futurates.

Words near futurate in the dictionary

  1. futurality
  2. futurama
  3. Futurama theorem
  4. futuramas
  5. futuramic
  6. futurate
  7. futurates
  8. future
  9. future bass
  10. future continuous
  11. future contract

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