future vs now

future

noun
  • The time ahead; those moments yet to be experienced. 

  • An object that retrieves the value of a promise. 

  • A minor-league prospect. 

  • The likely prospects for or fate of someone or something in time to come. 

  • Something that will happen in moments yet to come. 

  • Verb tense used to talk about events that will happen in the future; future tense. 

  • Goodness in what is yet to come. Something to look forward to. 

adj
  • Having to do with or occurring in the future. 

now

noun
  • The present time. 

  • The state of not paying attention to the future or the past. 

  • A particular instant in time, as perceived at that instant. 

conj
  • Since, because, in light of the fact; often with that. 

intj
  • Indicates a signal to begin. 

adv
  • Used to indicate a context of urgency. 

  • Sometimes; occasionally. 

  • Used to address a switching side, or sharp change in attitude from before. (In this usage, now is usually emphasized). 

  • At the present time. 

  • Used to introduce a point, a qualification of what has previously been said, a remonstration or a rebuke. 

  • At the time reached within a narration. 

  • Differently from the immediate past; differently from a more remote past or a possible future; differently from all other times. 

adj
  • Fashionable; popular; up to date; current. 

  • Present; current. 

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