N. futurity,
futurition, future,
hereafter, time to come, approaching time, coming time, subsequent time, after time, approaching age, coming age, subsequent age, after age, approaching days, coming days, subsequent days, after days, approaching hours, coming hours, subsequent hours, after hours, approaching ages, coming ages, subsequent ages, after ages, approaching life, coming life, subsequent life, after life, approaching years, coming years, subsequent years, after years,
morrow,
millennium,
doomsday, day of judgment, crack of doom, remote future, approach of time advent, time drawing on, womb of time,
destiny,
eventuality,
heritage, heirs posterity, prospect,
foresight V. look forwards,
anticipate, (foresee) 510,
forestall, come on, draw on, draw near, approach,
await,
threaten,
impend Adj. future, to come, coming, next, near, close at hand,
eventual,
ulterior, in prospect
Adv. prospectively,
hereafter, in future, kal,
tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, in course of time, in process of time, in the fullness of time, eventually, ultimately, sooner or later,
proximo, paulo post futurum, in after time, one of these days, after a time, after a while, from this time, henceforth, henceforwards, thence,
thenceforth,
thenceforward,
whereupon, upon which, soon, on the eve of, on the point of, on the brink of, about to, close upon
Phr. quid sit futurum cras fuge quaerere
N. destiny, future existence, post existence,
hereafter, future state, next world, world to come, after life,
futurity, everlasting life, everlasting death, life beyond the grave, world beyond the grave, prospect
V. impend, hang over, lie over,
threaten,
loom,
await, come on, approach, stare one in the face,
foreordain,
preordain,
predestine,
doom, have in store for
Adj. impending, destined, about to be, happen, coming, in store, to come, going to happen, instant, at hand, near, near, close at hand, over hanging, hanging over one's head,
imminent,
brewing, preparing,
forthcoming, in the wind, on the cards, in reserve, that will, is to be, in prospect, looming in the distance, horizon, future, unborn, in embryo, in the womb of time,
futurity,
pregnant Adv. in time, the long run, all in good time, eventually, whatever may happen, as chance would have it, 1, constancy of sequence in events
N. expectation,
expectance,
expectancy,
anticipation,
reckoning, calculation,
foresight,
contemplation,
prospection,
lookout, prospect,
perspective, horizon,
vista,
destiny,
suspense, waiting,
abeyance,
curiosity, anxious expectation, ardent expectation, eager expectation, breathless expectation, sanguine expectation, torment of tantalus, hope, trust,
auspices, assurance, confidence,
presumption,
reliance V. expect, look for, look out for, look forward to, hope for,
anticipate, have in prospect, have in contemplation, keep in view,
contemplate, promise oneself, not wonder at, not wonder if, wait for, tarry for, lie in wait for, watch for, bargain for, keep a good lookout for, keep a sharp lookout for,
await, stand at "attention," abide, bide one's time, watch,
foresee, prepare for,
forestall, count upon, think likely, lead one to expect, have in store for, prick up one's ears, hold one's breath
Adj. expectant, expecting, in expectation, on the watch,
open-eyed,
open-mouthed, in wide-eyed anticipation,
agape,
gaping, all agog, on tenterhooks, on tiptoe, on the tiptoe of expectation, aux aguets, ready, curious, looking forward to, expected, long expected,
foreseen, in prospect, prospective, in one's eye, in one's view, in the horizon, on the horizon, just over the horizon, just around the corner, around the corner,
impending Adv. on the watch, with breathless expectation, with bated breath, with rapt anticipation, arrectis auribus
Phr. we shall see, nous verrons, "expectation whirls me round", the light at the end of the tunnel
N. involuntariness,
instinct, blind impulse, inborn proclivity, innate proclivity, native tendency, natural tendency, natural impulse, predetermination, necessity,
necessitation, obligation,
compulsion, subjection, stern necessity, hard necessity, dire necessity, imperious necessity, inexorable necessity, iron necessity, adverse necessity, fate, what must be,
destiny,
destination,
fatality, fate,
kismet,
doom,
foredoom, election,
predestination,
preordination,
foreordination, lot fortune,
fatalism, inevitableness,
spell, star, stars, planet, planets, astral influence, sky, fates,
parcae, sisters three, book of fate, god's will, will of heaven, wheel of fortune, ides of march,
hobson's choice, last shift, last resort, dernier ressort, pis aller,
necessaries,
necessarian,
necessitarian,
fatalist,
automaton V. lie under a necessity, befated, be doomed, be destined &c. in for, under the necessity of, have no choice, have no alternative, be one's fate, to be pushed to the wall to be driven into a corner, to be unable to help,
destine,
doom,
foredoom,
devote,
predestine,
preordain, cast a spell,
necessitate,
compel Adj. necessary, needful, fated, destined,
elect,
spellbound,
compulsory,
uncontrollable, inevitable, unavoidable,
irresistible,
irrevocable,
inexorable, avoidless, resistless, involuntary,
instinctive,
automatic, blind, mechanical, unconscious,
unwitting, unthinking,
unintentional, impulsive
Adv. necessarily, of necessity, of course, ex necessitate rei, needs must,
perforce, nolens volens, will he nil he,
willy nilly, bon gre mal gre, willing or unwilling, coute que coute, faute de mieux, by stress of, if need be
Phr. it cannot be helped, there is no help for, there is no helping it, it will be, it must be, it needs to be, it must be so, it will have its way, the die is cast, jacta est alea, che sara sara, "it is written", one's days are numbered, one's fate is sealed, fata obstant, diis aliter visum, actum me invito factus, non est meus actus, aujord'hui roi demain rien, quisque suos patimur manes, "the moving finger writes and having writ moves on. nor all your piety and wit can bring it back to cancel half a line, nor all your tears wash out a word of it."
