Meanings
- UKFrom now on.
Chapter 4 is devoted to setting out the kind of planning and co-ordination we consider to be necessary in future.
1971, The Future Management of Water in England and Wales, H.M. Stationery Office, page 2 - UKIn the future: at some future time(s).
… and if the national debt were liquidated in the manner it ought, and readily might, the nation, it is to be hoped, would in future extend the public money to other purpoſes, than thoſe to which it has hitherto been appropriated, …
1801, George Edwards, Radical Means of Counteracting the Present Scarcity, and Preventing Famine in Future, J. G. Barnard, page 10Synonyms: in the future
Synonyms & antonyms
prepositional phraseIn the future: at some future time(s).
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