to-be
nounEtymology From to + be.
1
The future, that which is to come.
- […] I shall be thy mate no more, Tho’ following with an upward mind The wonders that have come to thee, Thro’ all the secular to be, But evermore a life behind.1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XL”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 63:
- Comparing the as-is to the to-be provides a gap analysis between where the organization is and where it wants to be.2008, Keith D. Willett, Information Assurance Architecture, page 49:
- Synonyms
- the future
- Antonyms
- as-is
- Related terms
- -to-be, a suffix attached after nouns, to-come