IN STORE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does in store mean? 

• IN STORE (adjective)
  The adjective IN STORE has 1 sense:

1. in readiness; awaiting

  Familiarity information: IN STORE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IN STORE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In readiness; awaiting

Context example:

gave us a hint of the excitement that was in store for us

Similar:

future (yet to be or coming)

 Context examples 

Marianne slept through every blast; and the travellers—they had a rich reward in store, for every present inconvenience.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

Although the eclipse of December 25 and Uranus’ contact of the Sun makes December 24 sparkle with unexpected good news, you have more in store.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

But a deeper pleasure yet was in store.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Parkinson's Disease Quality of Life Scale (PDQUALIF) I worry about what the future has in store.

(PDQUALIF - Worry about Future, NCI Thesaurus)

He would soon enough find out what it held in store for him.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Some have seen sorrow; but there are fair days yet in store.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Evolution was not a spent force, but one still working, and even greater achievements were in store.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It was well to have a comfort in store on Harriet's behalf, though it might be wise to let the fancy touch it seldom; for evil in that quarter was at hand.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

I had imagined that I had reached the end of my adventures, but a very unexpected occurrence showed me that there were surprises still in store for me.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It's one example of the surprises climate change has in store, Myers said.

(Planet-Warming Gases Make Some Food Less Nutritious, Study Says, Steve Baragona/VOA)