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Definitions for futurity
fyuˈtʊər ɪ ti, -ˈtyʊər-, -ˈtʃʊər-, -ˈtʃɜr-fu·tu·ri·ty
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Princeton's WordNet
future, hereafter, futurity, time to comenoun
the time yet to come
futuritynoun
the quality of being in or of the future
Wiktionary
futuritynoun
the future
futuritynoun
the state of being in the future.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Futuritynoun
Etymology: from future.
Not my service past, nor present sorrows,
Nor purpos’d merit in futurity,
Can ransom me. William Shakespeare, Othello.All futurities are naked before that All-seeing Eye, the sight of which is no more hindred by distance of time than the sight of an angel can be determined by distance of place. South.
I will contrive some way to make it known to futurity, that I had your lordship for my patron. Jonathan Swift.
This, great Amphiarus, lay hid from thee,
Though skill’d in fate and dark futurity. Alexander Pope, Statius.It may be well reckoned among the bare possibilities, which never commence into a futurity; it requiring such a free, sedate and intent mind, as, it may be, is no where found but among the platonical ideas. Joseph Glanvill, Sceps. c. 10.
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futurity
Futurity generally refers to the quality or state of being in the future, prospects or future events yet to happen. It can also refer to forward-looking or forward-thinking perspectives and attitudes toward future developments or possibilities.
Webster Dictionary
Futuritynoun
state of being that is yet to come; future state
Futuritynoun
future time; time to come; the future
Futuritynoun
event to come; a future event
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of futurity in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of futurity in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of futurity in a Sentence
All futurity seems teeming with endless destruction never to be repelled; Desperate remorse swallows the present in a quenchless rage.
The military mind is indeed a menace. Old-fashioned futurity that sees only men fighting and dying in smoke and fire; hears nothing more civilized than a cannonade; scents nothing but the stink of battle-wounds and blood.
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