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Meaning of to-be | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

The future, that which is to come.

uncountable

Equivalents

Ελληνικά μέλλων
ไทย ว่าที่

Examples

“[…] I shall be thy mate no more, Tho’ following with an upward mind ⁠The wonders that have come to thee, ⁠Thro’ all the secular to be, But evermore a life behind.”
“Comparing the as-is to the to-be provides a gap analysis between where the organization is and where it wants to be.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

to-bread to-come to-day to-do to-do list to-draw

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