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English word

future

A2Frequent NGSL-1
UK /ˈfjuːtʃə(r)/US /ˈfjuːtʃər/
adjective

taking place or existing at a time after the present

noun

the time that will come after the present or the events that will happen then

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I would love you to help us, kind of, cast our minds—I don't know—10, 20, 30 years into the future.

Elon Musk: A future worth getting excited about (TED 2022)

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