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{{also|Appendix:Variations of "tobe"}}
==English==

===Etymology===
From {{compound|en|to|be}}.

===Noun===
{{en-noun|-}}

# The [[future]], that which is to [[come]].
#* {{RQ:Tennyson In Memoriam|XL|63|{{...}} I shall be thy mate no more,<br>Tho’ following with an upward mind<br>⁠The wonders that have come to thee,<br>⁠Thro’ all the secular '''to be''',<br>But evermore a life behind.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2008|author=Keith D. Willett|title=Information Assurance Architecture|page=49|passage=Comparing the as-is to the '''to-be''' provides a gap analysis between where the organization is and where it wants to be.}}

====Synonyms====
* See [[Thesaurus:the future]]

====Antonyms====
* {{l|en|as-is}}; see also [[Thesaurus:the present]]

====Related terms====
* {{l|en|-to-be}}, a suffix attached ''after'' nouns
* {{l|en|to-come}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=beot|Beto|Tebo|beot|boet|bote}}