in the future

English

Prepositional phrase

in the future

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.

2. (US) From now on.

   Please put the toilet seat down in the future.

Usage notes

British usage distinguishes between in the future meaning "at some point" in the future and in future meaning "from now on". American usage makes no such distinction, using in the future in both senses.

Antonyms

• in the past

Translations

at a future time

• Armenian: ապագայում (apagayum)
• Chinese:

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

• Estonian: tulevikus
• Finnish: tulevaisuudessa (fi), jatkossa (fi)
• French: dans le futur
• Georgian: მომავალში (momavalši)
• German: in der Zukunft (de), zukünftig (de), künftig (de)
• Japanese: 将来は (ja) (しょうらいは, shōrai wa), これから (kore kara)
• Kazakh: болашақта (bolaşaqta), келешекте (keleşekte)

• Navajo: náásgóó
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: i fremtiden, i framtida

  Nynorsk: i framtida

• Portuguese: no futuro, futuramente
• Russian: в бу́дущем (ru) (v búduščem)
• Spanish: en el futuro, en lo sucesivo
• Swedish: i framtiden

from now on — see from now on