单词 | futurity |
释义 | futurity[ fyoo-toor-i-tee, -tyoor-, -choor-, -chur- ] / fyuˈtʊər ɪ ti, -ˈtyʊər-, -ˈtʃʊər-, -ˈtʃɜr- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR futurity ON THESAURUS.COM 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 futurityFirst recorded in 1595–1605; future + -ity Words nearby futurityfutures market, future value, futurism, futurist, futuristic, futurity, futurity stakes, futurology, futz, futz around, Fuxin Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for futurityBritish Dictionary definitions for futurityfuturity / (fjuːˈtjʊərɪtɪ) / noun plural -tiesa less common word for future the quality of being in the future a future event Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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