Meanings
- not comparablePlanned or destined to have a specified position or quality in the near future.
The Woodhead line also had many issues. Yes, it was electrified, but it was done so using a soon-to-be non-standard system.
2021 July 14, Pip Dunn, “Woodhead 40 years on: time to let go”, in RAIL, number 935, page 381 more example
While some Republicans, especially in the country’s reddest precincts, are delighted about the prospect of Mr. Trump running the party from exile at Mar-a-Lago, those who represent voters exhausted by the soon-to-be-former president are eager to move on.
2020 November 18, Richard Fausset, Jonathan Martin, “In Georgia, a Republican Feud With Trump at the Center”, in The New York Times, →ISSNSynonyms: eventual
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivePlanned or destined to have a specified position or quality in the near future.
Translations
Polish przyszły
- przyszłyplanned or destined to have a specified position or quality in the near future
Spanish prontamente ser, pronto a ser
- prontamente serplanned or destined to have a specified position or quality in the near future
- pronto a serplanned or destined to have a specified position or quality in the near future
Cite this entry
soon-to-be. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soon-to-be
“soon-to-be.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soon-to-be. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “soon-to-be,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soon-to-be.
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