1. future
An uncertain future.
How to meet future energy demand is a big question we must consider.
My future is closely bound up with the finances of my firm.
It is even becoming accepted even in exam-English that that called "simple future tense" does not exist.
Sustainable development is the concept of the current generation utilizing the environment and meet human demands while not harming the ability of future generations to satisfy their own demands and interests.
My impression of this government is that they need a more forceful economic policy, otherwise they'll encounter large problems in the future.
It is possible for us to know what has been achieved in the past, but it is not possible for us to change it. And it is possible for us to change the future, but it is not possible for us to know what will be achieved in it.
The future diplomat to France carved his name and the name of his beloved (a Japanese cartoon character) into the bark of a tree.
These are both called "future volitional" and include the intent of the subject.
Our future will be full of difficulties because of lack of funds.
In a time-bound society time is seen as linear- in other words as a straight line extending from the past, through the present, to the future.
They're stupid children, what a nuisance, she said. I replied praising them: "What are you saying, They're both smart, with a good memory and a promising future"
It's still minor league but in the not so distant future they'll be coming to a place near you.
The old gypsy moved her hand over the crystal ball and, peering inside, beheld my future.
The future does not belong to the faint-hearted, it belongs to the brave.
2. prospective
The company invited their prospective customers to the party.
prospective customers
The prospective buyer had said he wanted six thousand apples, and the apple growers were hoping he would finish the deal.
Prospective buyers couldn't make heads or tails out of the contract.
During the job interview, my prospective boss asked me a lot of questions.
Any prospective employer will be interested in your work experience
the prospective customer will call you tommorow
Her father always wants to meet her prospective boyfriends.
prospective client, there is a big chance that he would like to buy something.
They are worried about prospective changes in the law
We are interviewing a number of prospective tenants for our basement apartment
lack of confidence in the future of the country's economy is chasing away many prospective buyers
Mine surveying deals with the surveying and calculation of prospective deposits, the graphic depiction of mines.
I've got a meeting with a prospective client.
3. in the future
My brother will become an astronaut in the future.
in the future I would like study medicine
Refers to things to come, or things that may occur later but are not so now. As in in futuro debts, i.e. debts which become due and payable in the future.
Anglais mot "zukünftig"(in the future) se produit dans des ensembles:
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