to-be

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tobe"

English

Etymology

From to +‎ be.

Noun

to-be (uncountable)

1. The future, that which is to come.
   • 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, Canto XL, page 63:

     […] I shall be thy mate no more,
     Tho’ following with an upward mind
     ⁠The wonders that have come to thee,
     ⁠Thro’ all the secular to be,
     But evermore a life behind.

   • 2008, Keith D. Willett, Information Assurance Architecture, page 49:

     Comparing the as-is to the to-be provides a gap analysis between where the organization is and where it wants to be.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:the future

Antonyms

• as-is; see also Thesaurus:the present

Related terms

• -to-be, a suffix attached after nouns
• to-come

Anagrams

• Beto, Tebo, beot, boet, bote