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Future

That is to be or come hereafter; that will exist at any time after the present; as, the next moment is future, to the present.

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Approaching 84% connected

of Approach

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Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Approaching 84% connected

of Approach

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Coming 84% connected

of Come

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Coming 84% connected

of Come

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Early 84% connected

Soon; in good season; seasonably; betimes; as, come early.

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Early 84% connected

Soon; in good season; seasonably; betimes; as, come early.

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Emerging 84% connected

of Emerge

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Emerging 84% connected

of Emerge

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Forthcoming 84% connected

Ready or about to appear; making appearance.

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Forthcoming 84% connected

Ready or about to appear; making appearance.

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Incoming 84% connected

Coming in; accruing.

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Incoming 84% connected

Coming in; accruing.

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Prospective 84% connected

Of or pertaining to a prospect; furnishing a prospect; perspective.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Prospective 84% connected

Of or pertaining to a prospect; furnishing a prospect; perspective.

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Prox 84% connected

"The ticket or list of candidates at elections, presented to the people for their votes."

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Prox 84% connected

"The ticket or list of candidates at elections, presented to the people for their votes."

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Proximo 84% connected

In the next month after the present; -- often contracted to prox.; as, on the 3d proximo.

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Proximo 84% connected

In the next month after the present; -- often contracted to prox.; as, on the 3d proximo.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Rising 84% connected

of Rise

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Rising 84% connected

of Rise

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Broader term 4

Commodity 76% connected

Convenience; accommodation; profit; benefit; advantage; interest; commodiousness.

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Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Good 76% connected

Possessing desirable qualities; adapted to answer the end designed; promoting success, welfare, or happiness; serviceable; useful; fit; excellent; ad…

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Tense 76% connected

One of the forms which a verb takes by inflection or by adding auxiliary words, so as to indicate the time of the action or event signified; the modi…

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Time 76% connected

Duration, considered independently of any system of measurement or any employment of terms which designate limited portions thereof.

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Narrower term 2

Offing 76% connected

That part of the sea at a good distance from the shore, or where there is deep water and no need of a pilot; also, distance from the shore; as, the s…

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Tomorrow 76% connected

On the day after the present day; on the next day; on the morrow.

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Derivationally related 4

Futurity 74% connected

State of being that is yet to come; future state.

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Futurity 74% connected

State of being that is yet to come; future state.

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Hereafter 74% connected

In time to come; in some future time or state.

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Hereafter 74% connected

In time to come; in some future time or state.

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See also 4

Prospective 66% connected

Of or pertaining to a prospect; furnishing a prospect; perspective.

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Prospective 66% connected

Of or pertaining to a prospect; furnishing a prospect; perspective.

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Synonym 4

Futurity 92% connected

State of being that is yet to come; future state.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Hereafter 92% connected

In time to come; in some future time or state.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Next 92% connected

Nearest in place; having no similar object intervening.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Succeeding 92% connected

of Succeed

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Antonym 4

Past 94% connected

Of or pertaining to a former time or state; neither present nor future; gone by; elapsed; ended; spent; as, past troubles; past offences.

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Open English WordNet records these words as lexical opposites.

Past 94% connected

Of or pertaining to a former time or state; neither present nor future; gone by; elapsed; ended; spent; as, past troubles; past offences.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records these words as lexical opposites.

Present 94% connected

Being at hand, within reach or call, within certain contemplated limits; -- opposed to absent.

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Present 94% connected

Being at hand, within reach or call, within certain contemplated limits; -- opposed to absent.

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