be
verb (FUTURE) strong /biː/ weak /bi/ /bɪ/ (being, was, were, been)Definition
› [+ to infinitive] formal used to show that something will happen in the future: We are to (= we are going to) visit Australia in the spring. She was never to see (= she never saw) her brother again.Describing when something happened or will happen › [+ to infinitive] used in conditional sentences to say what might happen: If I were to refuse they'd be very annoyed.formal Were I to refuse they'd be very annoyed.
(Definition of be verb (FUTURE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- at preposition (TIME)
- for preposition (OCCASION)
- for preposition (TIME/DISTANCE)
- hundred number
- immediately conjunction
- in preposition (DURING)
- movable feast noun
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