futurity

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

noun

, plural fu·tu·ri·ties.

1. future time:

   Such discussion is better left to futurity.

2. future generations; posterity:

   What will futurity say about this?

3. the afterlife:

   the promise of eternal rest in futurity.

4. a future state or condition; a future event, possibility, or prospect: His tactfulness remains more of a futurity than a reality.

   We are concerned about the futurity of unsubsidized opera.

   His tactfulness remains more of a futurity than a reality.

5. the quality of being future:

   the futurity of the end of the world.

6. 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.

futurity

/ fjuːˈtjʊərɪtɪ /

noun

1. See future
   a less common word for future
2. the quality of being in the future
3. a future event

Word History and Origins

Origin of futurity¹

First recorded in 1595–1605; future + -ity

Example Sentences

Calm and contented in the consciousness of having done my duty, I look forward to futurity with perfect peace of mind.

From Project Gutenberg

He had a form of ideal beauty, grace, and vigor, inspired by unerring wisdom and insight into futurity.

From Project Gutenberg

I would gladly have risked futurity to have looked elsewhere—I could not.

From Project Gutenberg

Our plans of futurity, our purposes of gain, or our resolves of usefulness, may be ended in one short hour.

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Drawing of lots was frequently resorted to by the Romans wishing to pry into futurity.

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Related Words

• destiny
• fate
• millennium
• outlook
• prospect