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future tenses

future tenses is the plural of future tense.

Meaning of future tense

Noun

future tense (plural future tenses)

  1. 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.
    • The future tense came into being as the verbs sculan and willan lost their ancient power as finite verbs and turned into future auxiliaries.1985, Robert Burchfield, The English Language, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 157

Questions about future tenses

What is future tenses the plural of?
Future tenses is the plural of future tense.

Words near future tenses in the dictionary

  1. future proof
  2. future shock
  3. future simple
  4. future studies
  5. future tense
  6. future tenses
  7. future war
  8. future-proof
  9. future-proofed
  10. future-proofing
  11. future-proofs

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