in the future

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in the future

phrase

  1. At a future time, at some point in the future. Perhaps humans will live on Mars in the future.

    Similar: later on, someday

  2. US From now on. Please put the toilet seat down in the future.

    Similar: as of now, going forward, henceforwards, hereafter

Opposite: in the past

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phrase

Opposite: in the past

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prep_phrase at a future time

Españolen el futuro, en lo sucesivo
日本語将来は shōrai wa, これから kore kara
中文將來 /将来 jiānglái, 往後 /往后 wànghòu, 今後 /今后 jīnhòu, 以後 /以后 yǐhòu
Kiswahilisiku za usoni
Portuguêsno futuro, futuramente
Françaisdans le futur
Deutschin der Zukunft, zukünftig, künftig
Русскийв бу́дущем v búduščem
العربيةفِي ٱلْمُسْتَقْبَل fī l-mustaqbal

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@misc{in_the_future_2026,
  title = {in the future},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/in%20the%20future},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}