Meanings
prepositional phrase
- USFrom now on.
Please put the toilet seat down in the future.
Synonyms: as of now, going forward, henceforwards, hereafter
Synonyms & antonyms
prepositional phraseFrom now on.
Opposite
Translations
Arabic فِي ٱلْمُسْتَقْبَل
- فِي ٱلْمُسْتَقْبَل (fī l-mustaqbal)at a future time
Bengali ভবিষ্যতে
- ভবিষ্যতে (bhobiśśote)at a future time
Chinese Cantonese 第時 /第时
- 第時 /第时at a future time
Chinese Mandarin 將來 /将来, 往後 /往后
- 將來 /将来 (jiānglái)at a future time
- 往後 /往后 (wànghòu)at a future time
- 今後 /今后 (jīnhòu)at a future time
- 以後 /以后 (yǐhòu)at a future time
Czech v budoucnosti, v budoucnu
- v budoucnostiat a future time
- v budoucnuat a future time
Dutch in de toekomst
- in de toekomstat a future time
Esperanto estontece
- estonteceat a future time
Estonian tulevikus
- tulevikusat a future time
Finnish tulevaisuudessa, jatkossa
- tulevaisuudessaat a future time
- jatkossaat a future time
French dans le futur
- dans le futurat a future time
German in der Zukunft, zukünftig
- in der Zukunftat a future time
- zukünftigat a future time
- künftigat a future time
Hungarian egyszer majd, a jövőben
- egyszer majdat a future time
- a jövőbenat a future time
Japanese 将来は, これから
- 将来は (shōrai wa)at a future time
- これから (kore kara)at a future time
Latin in futūrum
- in futūrumat a future time
Norwegian Bokmål i fremtiden, i framtida
- i fremtidenat a future time
- i framtidaat a future time
Polish w przyszłości
- w przyszłościat a future time
Portuguese no futuro, futuramente
- no futuroat a future time
- futuramenteat a future time
Russian в бу́дущем
- в бу́дущем (v búduščem)at a future time
Spanish en el futuro, en lo sucesivo
- en el futuroat a future time
- en lo sucesivoat a future time
Swahili siku za usoni
- siku za usoniat a future time
Swedish i framtiden
- i framtidenat a future time
Turkish ilerde
- ilerdeat a future time
Yiddish אויף להבא, אין דער צוקונפֿט
- אויף להבא (oyf lehabe)at a future time
- אין דער צוקונפֿט (in der tsukunft)at a future time
- אויף ווײַטער (oyf vayter)at a future time
Cite this entry
APA
in the future. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20the%20future
MLA
“in the future.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20the%20future. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “in the future,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20the%20future.
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