Phrase guide

in the future

prep_phrase · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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prep_phrase

Meaning 1

At a future time, at some point in the future.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Perhaps humans will live on Mars in the future.
  • 7 messages to people 500 years in the future.
  • A short time away in the future.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: later on, someday

Antonyms: none provided

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prep_phrase

Meaning 2

From now on.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US

Examples

  • Please put the toilet seat down in the future.

Meaning relationships

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

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

44 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: فِي ٱلْمُسْتَقْبَل (fī l-mustaqbal) — at a future time
  • Armenian: ապագայում (apagayum) — at a future time
  • Bengali: ভবিষ্যতে (bhobiśśote) — at a future time
  • Chinese Cantonese: 第時 /第时 — at a future time
  • Chinese Mandarin: 將來 /将来 (jiānglái) — at a future time
  • Chinese Mandarin: 往後 /往后 (wànghòu) — at a future time
  • Chinese Mandarin: 今後 /今后 (jīnhòu) — at a future time
  • Chinese Mandarin: 以後 /以后 (yǐhòu) — at a future time
  • Czech: v budoucnosti — at a future time
  • Czech: v budoucnu — at a future time
  • Dutch: in de toekomst — at a future time
  • Esperanto: estontece — at a future time
  • Estonian: tulevikus — at a future time
  • Finnish: tulevaisuudessa — at a future time
  • Finnish: jatkossa — at a future time
  • French: dans le futur — at a future time
  • Georgian: მომავალში (momavalši) — at a future time
  • German: in der Zukunft — at a future time
  • German: zukünftig — at a future time
  • German: künftig — at a future time
  • Murui Huitoto: ɨko — at a future time
  • Hungarian: egyszer majd — at a future time
  • Hungarian: a jövőben — at a future time
  • Japanese: 将来は (shōrai wa) — at a future time
  • Japanese: これから (kore kara) — at a future time
  • Kazakh: болашақта (bolaşaqta) — at a future time
  • Kazakh: келешекте (keleşekte) — at a future time
  • Latin: in futūrum — at a future time
  • Navajo: náásgóó — at a future time
  • Norwegian Bokmål: i fremtiden — at a future time
  • Norwegian Bokmål: i framtida — at a future time
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: i framtida — at a future time
  • Polish: w przyszłości — at a future time
  • Portuguese: no futuro — at a future time
  • Portuguese: futuramente — at a future time
  • Russian: в бу́дущем (v búduščem) — at a future time
  • Spanish: en el futuro — at a future time
  • Spanish: en lo sucesivo — at a future time
  • Swahili: siku za usoni — at a future time
  • Swedish: i framtiden — at a future time
  • Turkish: ilerde — at a future time
  • Yiddish: אויף להבא (oyf lehabe) — at a future time
  • Yiddish: אין דער צוקונפֿט (in der tsukunft) — at a future time
  • Yiddish: אויף ווײַטער (oyf vayter) — at a future time