意味(日本語)

未来 ◇L.futurus < esseの未来分詞

語源

• est-, ess- : L.esse = to be(存在する)

意味(英語)

• (noun) The indefinite time yet to come: will try to do better in the future.
• (noun) Something that will happen in time to come: "The future comes apace” ( Shakespeare).
• (noun) A prospective or expected condition, especially one considered with regard to growth, advancement, or development: a business with no future.
• (noun) Business Commodities or stocks bought or sold upon agreement of delivery in time to come.
• (noun) Grammar The form of a verb used in speaking of action that has not yet occurred or of states not yet in existence.

例文

• In addition, if that debate was intended to secure from the Government an intimation of future policy against Southern shipbuilding it was conducted on wrong lines for _immediate_ effect -- though friends of the North may have thought the method used was wise for _future_ effect.