future

[fyoo-cher] / ˈfyu tʃər /

ADJECTIVE

to come; expected

Synonyms

STRONGEST

eventual forthcoming imminent impending planned prospective subsequent ultimate

STRONG

approaching coming final inevitable unfolding

WEAK

booked budgeted close at hand coming up destined down the line down the pike down the road fated from here in from here on from here to eternity from now on in in the cards in the course of time in the offing just around the corner later likely looked toward near next scheduled to-be ulterior unborn up

Antonyms

STRONGEST

distant later past

NOUN

time to come

Synonyms

STRONGEST

destiny fate millennium outlook prospect

STRONG

eternity expectation futurity hereafter infinity morrow offing posterity tomorrow

WEAK

aftertime afterward by-and-by life to come subsequent time to-be world to come

Antonyms

WEAK

past

Example Sentences

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Micron CEO Sanjay Mehrotra said on the company’s earnings call that he believes “aggregate industry supply will remain substantially short of the demand for the foreseeable future.”

From MarketWatch

Interest-rate futures that predict Federal Reserve rate cuts moved only slightly.

From The Wall Street Journal

One of the most important decisions facing O’Neill will be the future structure of BP.

From The Wall Street Journal

The government said AISI's work would support its future plans by helping companies fix problems "before their AI systems are widely used".

From BBC

Environment secretary Emma Reynolds said the government and the farming and food industries would work much more closely together in the future.

From BBC

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