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to-be

[ tuh-bee ]

/ təˈbi /

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adjective

future; soon to be the thing specified (usually used in combination): bride-to-be.

Origin of to-be

First recorded in 1590–1600

Words nearby to-be

to wake the dead, loud enough, to whom it may concern, to windward, to wit, to-and-fro, to-be, to-do, to-do list, to-name, toad, toad bug

Example sentences from the Web for to-be

Due acknowledgements will be made in the to-be published work, of all assistance.

The Stephens Family |Bascom Asbury Cecil Stephens
We have a friend here (we have made dozens) who has a cat she calls To-be—the godfather being 'To-be or not to be!

The Cockaynes in Paris |Blanchard Jerrold
Indeed, on second thoughts he decided 'twould be best for Maud to-be set free from the classes for her ordinary music lessons.

Blood Royal |Grant Allen
The seeress would break the straw and find within it a hair the color of the lover's-to-be.

The Book of Hallowe'en |Ruth Edna Kelley

He was told that M. de Mayenne had caused them to-be removed.

A Popular History of France From The Earliest Times |Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot