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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Humans often defer to AI because its calculating, unfeeling nature implies objective authority, ignoring the reality that AI knowledge learns from the past to predict the future.

From Salon

"Because we can't rewrite the past, I told her, but we have to build a better future for everybody - and she agreed with that."

From BBC

Factors such as nutrient availability, food supply, and temperature, known to be influenced by climate change, may strongly shape the colony's future.

From Science Daily

A new review published in Science finds that these organisms are not fully represented in the climate models used to predict Earth's future.

From Science Daily

"The new owner will be in a position to fundamentally pave the future of the entire industry, for better or worse," the diamond industry analyst told AFP.

From Barron's

future

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