The future's a time period commonly understood to contain all events that've yet to occur. It's the opposite of the past, and's the time after the present. In the Occidental view, which uses a linear conception of time, the future's the portion of the projected time line that's anticipated to occur. In special relativity the future's considered to be absolute future or the future light cone. In physics, time's considered to be a fourth dimension. In the philosophy of time, presentism's the bel… (More on Future)