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futurity

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fu·tu·ri·ty  (fy-tr-t, -tyr-, -chr-)
n. pl. fu·tu·ri·ties
1. The future.
2. The quality or condition of being in or of the future.
3. A future event or possibility.
4. Sports A futurity race.

futurity [fjuːˈtjʊərɪtɪ]
n pl -ties
1. a less common word for future
2. the quality of being in the future
3. a future event
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.futurityfuturity - the time yet to come                
time - the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past
kingdom come - the end of time; "you can wet the bed till kingdom come, for all I care"
by-and-by - an indefinite time in the future; "he'll get around to it in the sweet by-and-by"
offing - the near or foreseeable future; "there was a wedding in the offing"
tomorrow - the near future; "tomorrow's world"; "everyone hopes for a better tomorrow"
manana - an indefinite time in the future
2.futurity - the quality of being in or of the future
timing - the time when something happens
pastness - the quality of being past
nowness, presentness - the quality of being the present; "a study of the pastness of the present and...of the presentness of the past"- R.E.Spiller
Translations
futurity
n (form: = future time) → Zukunft f


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In pursuing this inquiry, we must bear in mind that we are not to confine our view to the present period, but to look forward to remote futurity.
But my mind was too confused to attend to it, so with a kind of madness growing upon me, I flung myself into futurity.
how eloquent, at least, were her wishes on the side of early warm attachment, and a cheerful confidence in futurity, against that over-anxious caution which seems to insult exertion and distrust Providence
 
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