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BrE

/ˌsaɪəns'fɪkʃn/

AmE

/ˌsaɪəns'fɪkʃn/

adjective - (films, books etc.) about the future, involving future technologies, inventions etc.

BrE

/ɪn ðə 'ʃɔ:t rʌn/

AmE

/ɪn ðə 'ʃɔ:rt rʌn/

adverb - in the near future

BrE

/'sʌmˌdeɪ/

AmE

/'sʌmˌdeɪ/

adverb - sometime in the future

BrE

/'wʌnˌdeɪ/

AmE

/'wʌnˌdeɪ/

adverb - sometime in the future

BrE

/ɪn ðə 'lɒŋ rʌn/

AmE

/ɪn ðə 'lɑ:ŋ rʌn/

adverb - much later in the future

BrE

/'aʊtlʊk/

AmE

/'aʊtlʊk/

noun - the expectation about the future

BrE

/'vɪʒən/

AmE

/'vɪʒən/

noun - a view of the future

BrE

/pə'tenʃl/

AmE

/pə'tenʃl/

adjective - possible to happen in future

adverb - at some point in the future

BrE

/ˌsʌmweə daʊn ðə 'rəʊd/

AmE

/ˌsʌmwer daʊn ðə 'roʊd/

adverb, American English, informal - used for talking about the future

BrE

/'stɔ:/

AmE

/'stɔ:r/

verb - to keep something for a future use

BrE

/pə'tenʃl/

AmE

/pə'tenʃl/

noun - the chance that something will happen in the future, the possibility that something can become better in the future

BrE

/'ʃæl/

AmE

/'ʃæl/

verb, British English, dated - an auxiliary verb used to express the future

BrE

/ˌnɒk ɒn'wʊd/

AmE

/ˌnɑ:k ɑ:n'wʊd/

phrase, American English - said to avoid bad luck in the future

BrE

/ˌtʌtʃ 'wʊd/

AmE

/ˌtʌtʃ 'wʊd/

phrase, British English - said to avoid bad luck in the future