in the future

English

Pronunciation

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Prepositional phrase

in the future

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

   Synonyms: later on, someday; see also Thesaurus:one day

   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.

2. (US) From now on.

   Synonyms: as of now, going forward, henceforwards, hereafter; see also Thesaurus:henceforth

   Please put the toilet seat down in the future.

Usage notes

• British speakers use in future, especially for the sense "from now on" (but also for "at a future time").

Antonyms

• in the past

Translations

at a future time

• Arabic: فِي ٱلْمُسْتَقْبَل (fī l-mustaqbal)
• Armenian: ապագայում (apagayum)
• Bengali: ভবিষ্যতে (bn) (bhobiśśote)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 將來／将来 (zh) (jiānglái), 往後／往后 (zh) (wànghòu), 今後／今后 (zh) (jīnhòu), 以後／以后 (zh) (yǐhòu)

• Czech: v budoucnosti, v budoucnu
• Dutch: in de toekomst
• Esperanto: estontece
• Estonian: tulevikus (et)
• Finnish: tulevaisuudessa (fi), jatkossa (fi)
• French: dans le futur
• Georgian: მომავალში (momavalši)
• German: in der Zukunft (de), zukünftig (de), künftig (de)
• Hungarian: egyszer majd, a jövőben
• Japanese: 将来は (ja) (しょうらいは, shōrai wa), これから (kore kara)
• Kazakh: болашақта (bolaşaqta), келешекте (keleşekte)
• Latin: in futūrum
• Murui Huitoto: ɨko
• Navajo: náásgóó
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: i fremtiden, i framtida

  Nynorsk: i framtida

• Polish: w przyszłości
• Portuguese: no futuro, futuramente (pt)
• Russian: в бу́дущем (ru) (v búduščem)
• Spanish: en el futuro, en lo sucesivo
• Swedish: i framtiden
• Turkish: ilerde (tr) (figurative)
• Yiddish: אויף להבא (oyf lehabe), אין דער צוקונפֿט (in der tsukunft), אויף ווײַטער (oyf vayter)

from now on — see from now on