English Dictionary

futurate

名詞

(grammar) The use of a non-future-tense verb to express future time. In English, typically this refers to present-tense verbs.

日本語の意味

未来の意味を表すために、未来時制ではない（通常は現在時制の）動詞を使用する現象。 / 未来を示す文脈で、非未来形の動詞（特に現在形）が用いられる用法、またはその表現法そのもの。

In his paper, he coins the term futurate to denote the use of present-tense verbs to express future time.

彼は論文で、未来を表すために現在時制の動詞を用いる用法を指す語を造語した。

意味（1）

(grammar) The use of a non-future-tense verb to express future time. In English, typically this refers to present-tense verbs.

The verbs in sentences like School starts next month, I'm meeting him at 6:00 tomorrow, and I thought the party was next week are futurate uses.

futurates （ plural ）