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in the future

in the future prepositional phrase: at a future time, at some point in the future.

Prepositional phrase

  1. At a future time, at some point in the future.
    • Perhaps humans will live on Mars in the future.
    • 7 messages to people 500 years in the future.
    Synonyms:
    later on, someday
  2. (US) From now on.
    • Please put the toilet seat down in the future.

in the future meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

in the future in Hindi

in the future, as we move ahead
आइंदा āindā

in the future in Tamil

நாளை

in the future in Urdu

in the future, as we move ahead
آئندہ āinda

in the future in Bengali

at a future time
ভবিষ্যতে bhobiśśote
More languagesFewer languages
in the future in Punjabi
ਅਗਾਂਹ agā̃h
in the future in Sanskrit
श्वस् śvás
in the future in Arabic
فِي ٱلْمُسْتَقْبَل fī l-mustaqbal

Synonyms of in the future

Antonyms

Questions about in the future

What does in the future mean?
In the future means at a future time, at some point in the future.
What is in the future in Hindi?
In the future in Hindi is आइंदा (āindā). See In the future meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is in the future?
In the future is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in the future in the dictionary

  1. in the flower of one's youth
  2. in the foothills
  3. in the frame
  4. in the front row
  5. in the furtherance of justice
  6. in the future
  7. in the game
  8. in the green
  9. in the green tree
  10. in the green tree … in the dry
  11. in the grip of

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Adapted from Wiktionary: in the future (page history and authors); आइंदा (Hindi) (page history and authors); in the future (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); آئندہ (Urdu) (page history and authors); ਅਗਾਂਹ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); श्वस् (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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