Forthcoming and Later

Forthcoming

Forthcoming adjective - Being soon to appear or take place.

Later and forthcoming are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Later" instead an adjective "Forthcoming".

Later

Later adjective - Being, occurring, or carried out at a time after something else.

Forthcoming and later are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Forthcoming" instead an adjective "Later".

Both words in one sentence

  • Traumatic Haircut Less than two hours later she found herself kidnapped by said lover, tied up and forcibly shaved when she wasn't forthcoming with who she sold him too.
  • Zombie Apocalypse No apocalypse is forthcoming and no flesh/brain-eating ensues, as the zombies retain their free will if they're revived immediately after death and are compliant Mooks if resurrected a bit later.
  • Sequel Hook If a movie poses a Sequel Hook only for no sequel to ultimately be forthcoming, this can be the source of unintentional humour later on down the track.
    Source: Sequel Hook
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