1.
If a future event is ~, you know that it will happen or that it can happen, because it is a natural or obvious consequence of something else that you know.
It seems to me that this crime was ~ and this death preventable...
= predictable
ADJ
2.
If you say that something will happen for the ~ future, you think that it will continue to happen for a long time.
Profit and dividend growth looks like being above average for the ~ future.
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3.
If you say that something will happen in the ~ future you mean that you think it will happen fairly soon.
So, might they finally have free elections in the ~ future?
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