"the future is now" meaning in English

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Phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} the future is now
  1. Advanced and cutting-edge technology is available nowadays.
    Sense id: en-the_future_is_now-en-phrase-10RmOkAs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48
  2. An event or situation that was predicted has just occurred.
    Sense id: en-the_future_is_now-en-phrase-UQkrvXFB Categories (other): Undetermined quotations with omitted translation, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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