future tense 
n.
[语法]将来时
future tense[ noun ]
a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future
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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.
{Future tense} (Gram.), the tense or modification of a verb
which expresses a future act or event.