soon-to-be en · ADJ
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Planned or destined to have a specified position or quality in the near future.
The Woodhead line also had many issues. Yes, it was electrified, but it was done so using a soon-to-be non-standard system.
2021 July 14, Pip Dunn, “Woodhead 40 years on: time to let go”, in RAIL, number 935, page 38:While some Republicans, especially in the country’s reddest precincts, are delighted about the prospect of Mr. Trump running the party from exile at Mar-a-Lago, those who represent voters exhausted by the soon-to-be-former president are eager to move on.
2020 November 18, Richard Fausset, Jonathan Martin, “In Georgia, a Republican Feud With Trump at the Center”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
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Translations (2)
es prontamente ser (planned or destined to have a specified position or quality in the near future) · es pronto a ser (planned or destined to have a specified position or quality in the near future)