English
Prepositional phrase
in the future
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 .
( 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
Translations
at a future time
Armenian: ապագայում ( apagayum )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 將來 / 将来 (zh) ( jiānglái ) , 将来 (zh) ( jiānglái ) , 往後 / 往后 (zh) ( wǎnghòu ) , 往后 (zh) ( wànghòu ) , 今後 / 今后 (zh) ( jīnhòu ) , 今后 (zh) ( jīnhòu ) , 以後 / 以后 (zh) ( yǐhòu ) , 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 )
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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