different between future vs progressive

English

Etymology

From Middle English future, futur, from Old French futur, from Latin fut?rus, irregular future active participle of sum (“I am”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?uH- (“to become, be”). Cognate with Old English b?o (“I become, I will be, I am”). More at be. Displaced native Old English t?weard and Middle English afterhede (“future”, literally “afterhood”) in the given sense.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?fju?t???/
• (US) enPR: fyo?o'ch?r, IPA^(key): /?fju?t???/
• Rhymes: -u?t??(?)

Noun

future (countable and uncountable, plural futures)

1. The time ahead; those moments yet to be experienced.
2. Something that will happen in moments yet to come.
3. Goodness in what is yet to come. Something to look forward to.

4. The likely prospects for or fate of someone or something in time to come.
5. (grammar) Verb tense used to talk about events that will happen in the future; future tense.
6. (finance) Alternative form of futures
7. (computing, programming) An object that retrieves the value of a promise.
8. (sports) A minor-league prospect.

Usage notes

• (finance): The one who agrees to, at a future date, sell the commodity is considered to be selling the future; the other buys it.
• (finance): A non-standardized contract to buy and sell in the future is called forward or forward contract.

Synonyms

• (time or moments yet to be experienced): to-come, toward (obsolete); see also Thesaurus:the future

Derived terms

Coordinate terms

• (finance): forward

Translations

Adjective

future (not comparable)

1. Having to do with or occurring in the future.

   • So this was my future home, I thought! Certainly it made a brave picture. I had seen similar ones fired-in on many a Heidelberg stein. Backed by towering hills, […] a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.

Synonyms

• unborn; see also Thesaurus:future

Translations

Derived terms

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fy.ty?/
• Homophones: futur, futurs, futures

Adjective

future

1. feminine singular of futur

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ure

Adjective

future

1. feminine plural of futuro

Latin

Participle

fut?re

1. vocative masculine singular of fut?rus

Middle English

Alternative forms

• futur, ffutur, futire

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French futur, from Latin fut?rus, past participle of sum (cognate to Middle English been).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiu??tiu?r/, /?fiu?tur/, /?fiu?tir/

Noun

future (plural futures)

1. (rare) A future action or doing; that which happens in the future.
2. (rare) The future; the time beyond the present.

Descendants

• English: future
• Scots: futur

References

• “f?t?r(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-20.

Adjective

future

1. Occurring after the present; future or upcoming.
2. (rare, grammar) Having the future tense; grammatically marking futureness.

Descendants

• English: future
• Scots: futur

References

• “f?t?r(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-20.

Norman

Adjective

future

1. feminine singular of futur

Old French

Noun

future m (oblique plural futures, nominative singular futures, nominative plural future)

1. (grammar) future (tense)

English

Alternative forms

• prog. (abbreviation)

Etymology

From the Middle French progressif, from the Latin pr?gress?vus, from pr?gredior (perfect participial stem: pr?gress-) +? -?vus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??????s?v/
• Rhymes: -?s?v

Adjective

progressive (comparative more progressive, superlative most progressive)

1. Favouring or promoting progress; advanced.
2. Gradually advancing in extent; increasing.
3. Promoting or favoring progress towards improved conditions or new policies, ideas or methods.

   a progressive politician

   progressive business leadership

4. (politics) Liberal.
5. (education) Of or relating to progressive education.

   a progressive school

6. (of an income tax or other tax) Increasing in rate as the taxable amount increases.
7. Advancing in severity.

   progressive paralysis

8. (grammar) Continuous.

Antonyms

• regressive
• (advancing in severity): non-progressive
• conservative
• reactionary

Derived terms

Related terms

• progress

Translations

Noun

progressive (plural progressives)

1. A person who actively favors or strives for progress towards improved conditions, as in society or government.
2. (grammar) A progressive verb; a verb used the progressive tense and generally conjugated as to end in -ing.

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• "progressive" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 243.

French

Adjective

progressive

1. feminine singular of progressif

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

progressive

1. inflection of progressiv:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Interlingua

Adjective

progressive (comparative plus progressive, superlative le plus progressive)

1. progressive, gradually increasing, progressing

Italian

Adjective

progressive

1. feminine plural of progressivo

Latin

Adjective

pr?gress?ve

1. vocative masculine singular of pr?gress?vus