futurity

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futurity

/fjuːˈtjʊəɹɪti/
/fjuːˈt͡ʃʊəɹɪti/

noun futurities

countable, uncountable The future. Charles's was just an exciting consciousness; and he paced the streets, sometimes roused into disdain of the busy and thoughtless crowd around, but oftener lost in gloomy dreams of that futurity whose depths he was so soon to explore.
Similar: aftertime, to-be, future, futurity, hereafter, to-come
countable, uncountable The state of being future. [I]ts meaning is often tentative and fluctuates, but most often it indicates a level of uncertainty or doubt regarding futurity (”likely but not certain“)[.]
Similar: futureness, futurition
countable, uncountable A future event. [A] Scepticiſm, that's the only vvay to Science. But yet this is ſo difficult in the impartial and exact performance, that it may be vvell reckon'd among the bare Poſsibilities, vvhich never commence into a Futurity: It requiring ſuch a free, ſedate, and intent minde, as it may be no vvhere found bu
Similar: maybe
countable, uncountable A race for two-year-old horses, nominated to run when still foals.

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noun state of being future — see also futureness

Português	futuridade
Français	futurité
Italiano	futurità

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@misc{futurity_2026,
  title = {futurity},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/futurity},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}