in three days
Seventy-two hours
In three days specifies a time point three days from now: The package will arrive in three days.
The phrase can also indicate duration—how long something takes: She read the entire book in three days.
Context usually clarifies which meaning applies.
- forthcomingSoon to appear
- coming soonArriving in near future
- any day nowExpected very soon
- approachingComing toward something
- periodPunctuation ending sentences
next · rise again · resurrection · countdown · duration · minutes · deadline · time limit · due date · appointment · save the date · hours · prophecy · recovery · progress · culmination · schedule · month
in three daysthree days ago
Specific recent past moment
last week · in the past · previously · back then · yesterday
in three daysright now
At the present moment
immediately · this instant · at once · today · instantly
in three dayssomeday
Vague future time
eventually · at some point · one of these days · whenever · indefinitely
three, days, daytime, daylight, third, thrice, threefold, threesome