Definition

1. Noun:
   • Future: The time that is yet to come; events or conditions that will exist or happen after the present.
   • The future: A period following the present moment.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Chúng ta không thể dự đoán chính xác vị lai. (We cannot predict the future accurately.)
  • Anh ấy luôn lạc quan về vị lai. (He is always optimistic about the future.)
  • Kế hoạch này nhằm chuẩn bị cho thế hệ vị lai. (This plan aims to prepare for future generations.)

Advanced Usage

• "thuộc về vị lai": belonging to the future; futuristic.
  • Những công nghệ này dường như thuộc về vị lai. (These technologies seem to belong to the future.)
• "tương lai vị lai": (a more formal or literary reinforcement) the future time.
  • Triết học đó bàn sâu về khái niệm tương lai vị lai. (That philosophy discusses the concept of the future time in depth.)

Variants and Related Words

• Tương lai (noun): Future. This is the more common, everyday synonym for "vị lai".
  • Tương lai is used more frequently in general conversation, while vị lai can sound more formal, academic, or literary.
• Vị lai học (noun): Futurology (the study of the future).
• Chủ nghĩa vị lai (noun): Futurism (the artistic and social movement).

Synonyms

• Tương lai: Future.
• Ngày sau: Time to come; hereafter (more literary).

Notes on Different Meanings

• "Vị lai" vs. "Tương lai": Both mean "future". "Vị lai" is often found in formal, philosophical, academic, or literary contexts. "Tương lai" is neutral and used in all registers of speech and writing. In compound terms like "chủ nghĩa vị lai" (futurism), "vị lai" is the fixed lexical component.
• Grammar Note: "Vị lai" functions solely as a noun. It is not used as an adjective. To use a related adjectival form, one would typically use "thuộc về tương lai/vị lai" or "của tương lai".

noun

1. future