in the future

English

At a future time, at some point in the future.
Synonyms: later on, someday; see also Thesaurus:one day

Perhaps humans will live on Mars in the future.

7 messages to people 500 years in the future.

A short time away in the future.
(US) From now on.
Synonyms: as of now, going forward, hereafter; see also Thesaurus:henceforth

Please put the toilet seat down in the future.

British usage distinguishes between in the future meaning "at some point" in the future and in future meaning "from now on". American usage makes no such distinction, using in the future in both senses.

at a future time

Arabic: فِي ٱلْمُسْتَقْبَل‎ (fī l-mustaqbal)
Armenian: ապագայում (apagayum)
Bengali: ভবিষ্যতে (bn) (bhobiśśote)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 將來／将来 (zh) (jiānglái), 往後／往后 (zh) (wànghòu), 今後／今后 (zh) (jīnhòu), 以後／以后 (zh) (yǐhòu)
Czech: v budoucnosti, v budoucnu
Esperanto: estontece
Estonian: tulevikus
Finnish: tulevaisuudessa (fi), jatkossa (fi)
French: dans le futur
Georgian: მომავალში (momavalši)
German: in der Zukunft (de), zukünftig (de), künftig (de)
Hungarian: egyszer majd, a jövőben
Japanese: 将来は (ja) (しょうらいは, shōrai wa), これから (kore kara)
Kazakh: болашақта (bolaşaqta), келешекте (keleşekte)
Latin: in futūrum
Murui Huitoto: ɨko
Navajo: náásgóó
Norwegian:
Bokmål: i fremtiden, i framtida

Nynorsk: i framtida
Polish: w przyszłości
Portuguese: no futuro, futuramente (pt)
Russian: в бу́дущем (ru) (v búduščem)
Spanish: en el futuro, en lo sucesivo
Swedish: i framtiden
Turkish: ilerde (tr) (figurative)
Yiddish: אויף להבא‎ (oyf lehabe), אין דער צוקונפֿט‎ (in der tsukunft), אויף ווײַטער‎ (oyf vayter)

from now on — see from now on

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