near term
In the offing
Near term refers to the immediate future—typically weeks to months rather than years.
It appears most often in business, finance, and planning contexts: near-term goals, near-term outlook, in the near term.
The hyphenated form functions as an adjective before nouns; without the hyphen, it follows prepositions: over the near term.
- recentOf the near past
- forthcomingSoon to appear
- imminentAbout to occur
- just around the cornerVery close temporally
- coming soonArriving in near future
impending · upcoming · shortly · in the pipeline · immediate · looming · ensuing · on the horizon · proximate · approaching · soon · time frame · horizon · schedule · projection · pressing · transient · prospective
temporal distance
near termlong term
Lasting extended duration
long-term · distant future · long range · long-range · far future
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