futurity

[ fyoo-toor-i-tee, -tyoor-, -choor-, -chur- ]

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noun,plural fu·tu·ri·ties.

future time: Such discussion is better left to futurity.
future generations; posterity: What will futurity say about this?

the afterlife: the promise of eternal rest in futurity.
a future state or condition; a future event, possibility, or prospect: We are concerned about the futurity of unsubsidized opera. His tactfulness remains more of a futurity than a reality.
the quality of being future: the futurity of the end of the world.
Also called futurity race .Horse Racing. a race, usually for two-year-olds, in which the entrants are selected long before the race is run, sometimes before the birth of the foal.

Origin of futurity

First recorded in 1595–1605; future + -ity

Words Nearby futurity

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How to use futurity in a sentence

Calm and contented in the consciousness of having done my duty, I look forward to futurity with perfect peace of mind.
Madame Roland, Makers of History | John S. C. Abbott
He had a form of ideal beauty, grace, and vigor, inspired by unerring wisdom and insight into futurity.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I | John Lord
I would gladly have risked futurity to have looked elsewhere—I could not.
Scottish Ghost Stories | Elliott O'Donnell
Our plans of futurity, our purposes of gain, or our resolves of usefulness, may be ended in one short hour.
Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II | Francis Augustus Cox
Drawing of lots was frequently resorted to by the Romans wishing to pry into futurity.
The Mysteries of All Nations | James Grant

British Dictionary definitions for futurity

futurity

/ (fjuːˈtjʊərɪtɪ) /

nounplural -ties

a less common word for future
the quality of being in the future

a future event

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