"in the future" meaning in English

See in the future in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prepositional phrase

Audio: en-us-in the future.ogg [Mid-Atlantic]
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} in the future, {{en-PP}} in the future
  1. At a future time, at some point in the future. Synonyms: later on, someday, one day Translations (at a future time): فِي ٱلْمُسْتَقْبَل (fī l-mustaqbal) (Arabic), ապագայում (apagayum) (Armenian), ভবিষ্যতে (bhobiśśote) (Bengali), 將來 (Chinese Mandarin), 将来 (jiānglái) (Chinese Mandarin), 往後 (Chinese Mandarin), 往后 (wànghòu) (Chinese Mandarin), 今後 (Chinese Mandarin), 今后 (jīnhòu) (Chinese Mandarin), 以後 (Chinese Mandarin), 以后 (yǐhòu) (Chinese Mandarin), v budoucnosti (Czech), v budoucnu (Czech), estontece (Esperanto), tulevikus (Estonian), tulevaisuudessa (Finnish), jatkossa (Finnish), dans le futur (French), მომავალში (momavalši) (Georgian), in der Zukunft (German), zukünftig (German), künftig (German), egyszer majd (Hungarian), a jövőben (Hungarian), 将来は (shōrai wa) (alt: しょうらいは) (Japanese), これから (kore kara) (Japanese), болашақта (bolaşaqta) (Kazakh), келешекте (keleşekte) (Kazakh), in futūrum (Latin), ɨko (Murui Huitoto), náásgóó (Navajo), i fremtiden (Norwegian Bokmål), i framtida (Norwegian Bokmål), i framtida (Norwegian Nynorsk), w przyszłości (Polish), no futuro (Portuguese), futuramente (Portuguese), в бу́дущем (v búduščem) (Russian), en el futuro (Spanish), en lo sucesivo (Spanish), i framtiden (Swedish), ilerde [figuratively] (Turkish), אויף להבא (oyf lehabe) (Yiddish), אין דער צוקונפֿט (in der tsukunft) (Yiddish), אויף ווײַטער (oyf vayter) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-in_the_future-en-prep_phrase-TlSzU6JX Disambiguation of 'at a future time': 96 4
  2. (US) From now on. Tags: US Synonyms: as of now, going forward, henceforwards, hereafter, henceforth
    Sense id: en-in_the_future-en-prep_phrase-oczFAm2C Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 69

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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "at a future time",
      "word": "futuramente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "v búduščem",
      "sense": "at a future time",
      "word": "в бу́дущем"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "at a future time",
      "word": "en el futuro"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "at a future time",
      "word": "en lo sucesivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "at a future time",
      "word": "i framtiden"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "at a future time",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "word": "ilerde"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "oyf lehabe",
      "sense": "at a future time",
      "word": "אויף להבא"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "in der tsukunft",
      "sense": "at a future time",
      "word": "אין דער צוקונפֿט"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "oyf vayter",
      "sense": "at a future time",
      "word": "אויף ווײַטער"
    }
  ],
  "word": "in the future"
}

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