What is "future tense"

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.

n. (context grammar English) 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.

n. a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future [syn: future]

In grammar, a future tense is a verb form that generally marks the event described by the verb as not having happened yet, but expected to happen in the future. An example of a future tense form is the French aimera, meaning "will love", derived from the verb aimer ("love"). English does not have a future tense formed by verb inflection in this way, although it has a number of ways to express the future, particularly the construction with the auxiliary verb will or shall or is/am/are going to and grammarians differ in whether they describe such constructions as representing a future tense in English.

The "future" expressed by the future tense usually means the future relative to the moment of speaking, although in contexts where relative tense is used it may mean the future relative to some other point in time under consideration. Future tense can be denoted by the glossing abbreviation .

__NOTOC__ "Future Tense" is the forty-second episode (production #216) of the television series Star Trek: Enterprise, the sixteenth of the second season.

The Enterprise finds a derelict ship, apparently from the future, and is attacked by Suliban, and later Tholian, ships seeking its possession.

future tense is a verb form

Future tense may also refer to:

In fiction

• Future: Tense: The Coming World Order, a 2004 book by Canadian journalist and author Gwynne Dyer
• Future Tense, a science fiction anthology edited by Kendell Foster Crossen
• Future Tense, episode from the animated TV series Gargoyles
• "Future Tense" (Star Trek: Enterprise), television series episode

In music

• Future Tense (album), a 2008 album by Apologetix

In radio

• Future Tense (American radio show), hosted by John Moe
• Future Tense (Irish radio show), hosted by Ella McSweeney

Future Tense is a short American radio program focusing on technology news. It is presented by John Moe and produced by Larissa Anderson for Minnesota Public Radio (MPR). The show is distributed by American Public Media and was hosted from 1996 to 2010 by Jon Gordon.

Future Tense was a weekly 30-minute Irish radio programme which aired on RTÉ Radio 1. Presented by Ella McSweeney, the show focused on issues in science and technology.

Future Tense is the 12th studio album & 15th album overall by Christian parody band ApologetiX. The album is their 1st without long-time lead guitarist & producer Karl Messner, who left in September 2007 to focus on his family.