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.

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

• 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)

• Finnish: tulevaisuudessa (fi), jatkossa
• French: dans le futur (fr)
• 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)

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