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Future vs Progressive - What's the difference?

future | progressive |

As nouns the difference between future and progressive

is that future is the time ahead; those moments yet to be experienced while progressive is a member or supporter of a.

As adjectives the difference between future and progressive

is that future is having to do with or occurring in the future while progressive is belonging to or supporting a.

future

English

(wikipedia future)

Noun

  • The time ahead; those moments yet to be experienced.
  • Something that will happen in moments yet to come.
  • Goodness in what is yet to come/Something to look forward to.
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    • , title= Revenge of the nerds , passage=Think of banking today and the image is of grey-suited men in towering skyscrapers. Its future , however, is being shaped in converted warehouses and funky offices in San Francisco, New York and London, where bright young things in jeans and T-shirts huddle around laptops, sipping lattes or munching on free food.}}
  • (grammar) Verb tense used to talk about events that will happen in the future; future tense.
  • (finance) A standardized, tradable agreement between two parties that one will sell and the other will buy a specific commodity at a specific later date and a specific price.

    • 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 future is called forward or forward contract.

    Coordinate terms

    * (finance) forward

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having to do with or occurring in the future.
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  • *: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.

    • Derived terms

    * futurism * futurist * futuristic * retro future 1000 English basic words ----

    progressive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Favouring or promoting progress; advanced.
  • Gradually advancing in extent; increasing.
  • Promoting or favoring progress towards improved conditions or new policies, ideas or methods.
    • a progressive politician
    progressive business leadership
  • Of or relating to progressive education.
    • a progressive school
  • (of an income tax or other tax) Increasing in rate as the taxable amount increases.
  • Advancing in severity.
    • progressive paralysis
  • liberal (politically)
  • (grammar) continuous

    • Antonyms

    * regressive * (advancing in severity) non-progressive * conservative

    Derived terms

    * progressive euchre * progressiveness * progressivism * progressivity

    Related terms

    * progress

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who actively favors or strives for progress towards improved conditions, as in society or government.
  • (grammar) A progressive verb.

    • Derived terms

    * future perfect progressive * future progressive * past perfect progressive * past progressive * present perfect progressive * present progressive