The past can only be known, not changed. The future can only be changed, not known.
Source: tatoeba (1744)
Future
//ˈfjuː.t͡ʃə(ɹ)//
Synonyms for "future" (163 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (33)
Strong matches (49)
Related words (81)
imperfectin danger imminentin prospectin reservein the cardsin the offingin the windin viewinevitabilityinstantintendedjust around the cornerkismetlaterloominglotloweringlurkingmananamenacing
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moiranearnear at handnearingoffingon the horizonoutlookoverhangingpastpast perfectperfectplanetsplannedplottedpluperfectpoint tenseportionposterioritypotentialpredestinationpredictedpredictionpreparingpresentpresent perfectpreteritprobabilityprobableprogressive tenseprojectprojectedprophecyprophesiedprospectproximostarssubsequentsucceedingtensethat will bethreateningtime to cometo cometo-betomorrowultimateunbornunlucky dayupcomingwaitingweirdwheel of fortunewill of heaven
Adjective(2 words)
Noun(4 words)
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282 translations across 125 languages.
Afrikaans
3 entries- toekomstig adj (having to do with or occurring in the future)
- toekoms noun (the time ahead)
- toekoms noun (something that will happen in moments yet to come)
Albanian
1 entries- ardhme noun (the time ahead)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- μέλλων adj (having to do with or occurring in the future)
- μέλλον noun (the time ahead)
Arabic
4 entries- مُسْتَقْبَل adj (having to do with or occurring in the future)
- مُسْتَقْبَلِيّ adj (having to do with or occurring in the future)
- مستقبل noun (the time ahead)
- مُسْتَقْبَل noun (the time ahead)
Armenian
4 entries- ապագա adj (having to do with or occurring in the future)
- ապագա noun (the time ahead)
- ապագա noun (something that will happen in moments yet to come)
- գալիք noun (something that will happen in moments yet to come)
Assamese
1 entries- ভবিষ্যৎ noun (the time ahead)
Asturian
1 entries- futuru noun (the time ahead)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- gələcək noun (the time ahead)
Bashkir
3 entries- буласаҡ noun (something that will happen in moments yet to come)
- киләсәк noun (the time ahead)
- киләсәк noun (something that will happen in moments yet to come)
Basque
2 entries- geroko adj (having to do with or occurring in the future)
- iragan noun (the time ahead)
Belarusian
2 entries- бу́дучы adj (having to do with or occurring in the future)
- бу́дучыня noun (the time ahead)
Bengali
2 entries- আয়েন্দা noun (the time ahead)
- ভবিষ্যৎ noun (the time ahead)
Breton
2 entries- amzer-da-zont noun (the time ahead)
- dazont noun (the time ahead)
Bulgarian
4 entries- бъ́дещ adj (having to do with or occurring in the future)
- бъ́деще noun (the time ahead)
- бъ́деще noun (something that will happen in moments yet to come)
- бъ́деще noun (goodness in what is yet to come)
Burmese
1 entries- အနာဂတ် noun (the time ahead)
Catalan
4 entries- futur adj (having to do with or occurring in the future)
- avenir noun (the time ahead)
- futur noun (the time ahead)
- futur noun (something that will happen in moments yet to come)
Cebuano
1 entries- umalabot noun (the time ahead)
Central Kurdish
2 entries- دواڕۆژ noun (the time ahead)
- پاشەڕۆژ noun (the time ahead)
Central Mazahua
1 entries- xønrꞹ noun (the time ahead)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎤᏩᎫᏗᏗᏒ noun (the time ahead)
Chinese
2 entries- 將來 /将来 noun (the time ahead)
- 未來 /未来 noun (the time ahead)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 將來 /将来 noun (the time ahead)
- 未來 /未来 noun (the time ahead)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 將來 /将来 noun (the time ahead)
- 將來 /将来 noun (something that will happen in moments yet to come)
- 未來 /未来 noun (the time ahead)
- 未來 /未来 noun (something that will happen in moments yet to come)
Czech
3 entries- budoucí adj (having to do with or occurring in the future)
- budoucnost noun (the time ahead)
- budoucnost noun (something that will happen in moments yet to come)
Danish
3 entries- fremtidig adj (having to do with or occurring in the future)
- fremtid noun (the time ahead)
- fremtid noun (something that will happen in moments yet to come)
Dutch
3 entries- toekomstig adj (having to do with or occurring in the future)
- toekomst noun (the time ahead)
- toekomst noun (something that will happen in moments yet to come)
Elfdalian
1 entries- framtið noun (the time ahead)
Esperanto
3 entries- estonteco noun (the time ahead)
- estonto noun (the time ahead)
- futuro noun (something that will happen in moments yet to come)
Estonian
1 entries- tulevik noun (the time ahead)
Faroese
1 entries- framtíð noun (the time ahead)
Finnish
4 entries- tuleva adj (having to do with or occurring in the future)
- tulevaisuuden adj (having to do with or occurring in the future)
- futuuri noun (finance: agreement to sell)
- tulevaisuus noun (the time ahead)
French
4 entries- futur adj (having to do with or occurring in the future)
- avenir noun (the time ahead)
- futur noun (the time ahead)
- futur noun (something that will happen in moments yet to come)
Galician
4 entries- futuro adj (having to do with or occurring in the future)
- vindeiro adj (having to do with or occurring in the future)
- futuro noun (the time ahead)
- futuro noun (something that will happen in moments yet to come)
Georgian
3 entries- მომავალი adj (having to do with or occurring in the future)
- სამომავლო adj (having to do with or occurring in the future)
- მომავალი noun (the time ahead)
German
4 entries- künftig adj (having to do with or occurring in the future)
- zukünftig adj (having to do with or occurring in the future)
- Futur noun (something that will happen in moments yet to come)
- Future noun (finance: agreement to sell)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐍃 adj (having to do with or occurring in the future)
Greek
4 entries- μέλλων adj (having to do with or occurring in the future)
- μελλοντικός adj (having to do with or occurring in the future)
- μέλλον noun (the time ahead)
- μέλλον noun (something that will happen in moments yet to come)
Greenlandic
1 entries- siunissaq noun (the time ahead)
Gujarati
1 entries- ભવિષ્યકાળ noun (the time ahead)
Hebrew
3 entries- עֲתִידִי adj (having to do with or occurring in the future)
- עָתִיד noun (the time ahead)
- עָתִיד noun (something that will happen in moments yet to come)
Hiligaynon
2 entries- alatubangon noun (the time ahead)
- palaabuton noun (the time ahead)
Hindi
4 entries- भविष्य adj (having to do with or occurring in the future)
- आइंदा noun (the time ahead)
- भविष्य noun (the time ahead)
- भविष्य noun (something that will happen in moments yet to come)
Hungarian
4 entries- jövőbeli adj (having to do with or occurring in the future)
- leendő adj (having to do with or occurring in the future)
- majdani adj (having to do with or occurring in the future)
- jövő noun (the time ahead)
Icelandic
1 entries- framtíð noun (the time ahead)
Ido
2 entries- futura adj (having to do with or occurring in the future)
- futuro noun (the time ahead)
Indonesian
1 entries- masa depan noun (the time ahead)
Interlingua
2 entries- futur adj (having to do with or occurring in the future)
- futuro noun (the time ahead)
Iranian Persian
3 entries- آتِیِه noun (the time ahead)
- آیَنْدِه noun (the time ahead)
- مُسْتَقْبَل noun (the time ahead)
Irish
2 entries- fáistineach adj (having to do with or occurring in the future)
- todhchaí noun (the time ahead)
Italian
4 entries- futuro adj (having to do with or occurring in the future)
- avvenire noun (the time ahead)
- futuro noun (the time ahead)
- futuro noun (something that will happen in moments yet to come)
Japanese
2 entries- 将来 noun (the time ahead)
- 未来 noun (the time ahead)
Kannada
1 entries- ಭವಿಷ್ಯತ್ಕಾಲ noun (the time ahead)
Kapampangan
4 entries- arapan noun (the time ahead)
- kararasan noun (goodness in what is yet to come)
- paintungul noun (the time ahead)
- paintungulan noun (the time ahead)
Kazakh
2 entries- болашақ noun (the time ahead)
- келешек noun (the time ahead)
Khmer
1 entries- អនាគត noun (the time ahead)
Korean
2 entries- 미래 noun (the time ahead)
- 장래 noun (the time ahead)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- келечек noun (the time ahead)
Ladino
1 entries- avenir noun (the time ahead)
Lao
1 entries- ອະນາຄົດ noun (the time ahead)
Latin
2 entries- futūrus adj (having to do with or occurring in the future)
- futūrum noun (the time ahead)
Latvian
3 entries- nākotnes adj (having to do with or occurring in the future)
- nākotne noun (the time ahead)
- nākotne noun (something that will happen in moments yet to come)
Lithuanian
2 entries- būsimas adj (having to do with or occurring in the future)
- ateitis noun (the time ahead)
Low German
4 entries- Taukunft noun (the time ahead)
- Teokunft noun (the time ahead)
- Tokummst noun (the time ahead)
- Tokunft noun (the time ahead)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- pśichod noun (the time ahead)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Zukunft noun (the time ahead)
Lü
1 entries- ᦵᦙᦲᦐᦱᧉ noun (the time ahead)
Macedonian
2 entries- иден adj (having to do with or occurring in the future)
- иднина noun (the time ahead)
Malay
2 entries- masa depan noun (the time ahead)
- masa hadapan noun (the time ahead)
Maltese
2 entries- futur noun (the time ahead)
- ġejjieni noun (the time ahead)
Marathi
1 entries- भविष्य noun (the time ahead)
Marshallese
1 entries- naaj noun (the time ahead)
Middle Low German
1 entries- tokumst noun (the time ahead)
Mirandese
1 entries- feturo noun (the time ahead)
Mongolian
2 entries- ирээдүй noun (the time ahead)
- ᠢᠷᠡᠭᠡᠳᠦᠢ noun (the time ahead)
Māori
3 entries- anamata noun (the time ahead)
- muri noun (the time ahead)
- āmua noun (the time ahead)
Navajo
2 entries- neeʼnijįʼ noun (the time ahead)
- náásgóó noun (the time ahead)
Neapolitan
1 entries- futùro noun (the time ahead)
Norman
3 entries- futur adj (having to do with or occurring in the future)
- futur noun (the time ahead)
- futur noun (something that will happen in moments yet to come)
Northern Kurdish
3 entries- paşeroj noun (the time ahead)
- pêşeroj noun (the time ahead)
- siberoj noun (the time ahead)
Northern Ohlone
1 entries- huššištak noun (the time ahead)
Northern Sami
2 entries- boahttevuohta noun (the time ahead)
- boahtteáigi noun (the time ahead)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- framtidig adj (having to do with or occurring in the future)
- fremtidig adj (having to do with or occurring in the future)
- tilkommende adj (having to do with or occurring in the future)
- framtid noun (the time ahead)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- framtidig adj (having to do with or occurring in the future)
- framtid noun (the time ahead)
Occitan
1 entries- futur noun (the time ahead)
Odia
1 entries- ଭବିଷ୍ୟତ noun (the time ahead)
Old English
2 entries- tōweard adj (having to do with or occurring in the future)
- tōweardnes noun (the time ahead)
Old Prussian
1 entries- perejīngisku noun (the time ahead)
Pannonian Rusyn
1 entries- будучносц noun (the time ahead)
Papiamentu
1 entries- futuro noun (the time ahead)
Polish
3 entries- przyszły adj (having to do with or occurring in the future)
- przyszłość noun (the time ahead)
- przyszłość noun (something that will happen in moments yet to come)
Portuguese
4 entries- futuro adj (having to do with or occurring in the future)
- vindouro adj (having to do with or occurring in the future)
- futuro noun (the time ahead)
- futuro noun (something that will happen in moments yet to come)
Quechua
1 entries- qhipan pacha noun (the time ahead)
Romanian
3 entries- viitor adj (having to do with or occurring in the future)
- viitor noun (the time ahead)
- viitor noun (something that will happen in moments yet to come)
Romansch
4 entries- avagnir noun (the time ahead)
- avegnir noun (the time ahead)
- avigneir noun (the time ahead)
- futur noun (the time ahead)
Russian
4 entries- бу́дущий adj (having to do with or occurring in the future)
- гряду́щий adj (having to do with or occurring in the future)
- бу́дущее noun (the time ahead)
- бу́дущее noun (something that will happen in moments yet to come)
Sanskrit
1 entries- भविष्य noun (the time ahead)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- àm ri teachd noun (the time ahead)
- àm ri teachd noun (something that will happen in moments yet to come)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- budući adj (having to do with or occurring in the future)
- будући adj (having to do with or occurring in the future)
- budúćnōst noun (the time ahead)
- budúćnōst noun (something that will happen in moments yet to come)
Shan
1 entries- ဢၼႃႇၵၢတ်ႈ noun (the time ahead)
Sicilian
1 entries- futuru noun (the time ahead)
Sinhalese
1 entries- ඉදිරිය noun (the time ahead)
Slovak
2 entries- budúci adj (having to do with or occurring in the future)
- budúcnosť noun (the time ahead)
Slovene
4 entries- prihodnji adj (having to do with or occurring in the future)
- bodočnost noun (the time ahead)
- prihodnost noun (the time ahead)
- prihodnost noun (something that will happen in moments yet to come)
Southern Altai
2 entries- келер adj (having to do with or occurring in the future)
- келер noun (the time ahead)
Spanish
4 entries- futuro adj (having to do with or occurring in the future)
- venidero adj (having to do with or occurring in the future)
- futuro noun (the time ahead)
- porvenir noun (the time ahead)
Swedish
2 entries- framtida adj (having to do with or occurring in the future)
- framtid noun (the time ahead)
Tagalog
2 entries- hinaharap noun (the time ahead)
- kinabukasan noun (the time ahead)
Tajik
3 entries- мустақбал noun (the time ahead)
- отия noun (the time ahead)
- оянда noun (the time ahead)
Tamil
2 entries- எதிர்காலம் noun (the time ahead)
- வருங்காலம் noun (the time ahead)
Tatar
1 entries- киләчәк noun (the time ahead)
Telugu
3 entries- భవిష్య adj (having to do with or occurring in the future)
- భావి adj (having to do with or occurring in the future)
- భవిష్యత్తు noun (the time ahead)
Thai
1 entries- อนาคต noun (the time ahead)
Tocharian B
1 entries- ekamätte adj (having to do with or occurring in the future)
Turkish
2 entries- gelecek adj (having to do with or occurring in the future)
- gelecek noun (the time ahead)
Turkmen
2 entries- geljek noun (the time ahead)
- ýeneki noun (the time ahead)
Ukrainian
2 entries- майбу́тній adj (having to do with or occurring in the future)
- майбу́тнє noun (the time ahead)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- přichod noun (the time ahead)
Urdu
2 entries- آئِنْدَہ noun (the time ahead)
- مُسْتَقْبِل noun (the time ahead)
Uyghur
2 entries- كېلەچەك noun (the time ahead)
- كەلگۈسى noun (the time ahead)
Uzbek
1 entries- kelajak noun (the time ahead)
Vietnamese
1 entries- tương lai noun (the time ahead)
Volapük
2 entries- fütürik adj (having to do with or occurring in the future)
- fütür noun (the time ahead)
Welsh
1 entries- dyfodol noun (the time ahead)
Yiddish
1 entries- צוקונפֿט noun (the time ahead)
Yup'ik
1 entries- ciunerkaq noun (the time ahead)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
My interest is in the future because I'm going to spend the rest of my life there.
Source: tatoeba (2286)
The best way to predict the future is to invent it.
Source: tatoeba (2289)
What do you want to do in the future?
Source: tatoeba (15992)
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