futurity

futurity

English

Etymology

future +‎ -ity

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fjuːˈtjʊəɹɪti/, /fjuːˈtʃʊəɹɪti/

Noun

futurity (countable and uncountable, plural futurities)

1. the future
   • 1895, H. G. Wells, chapter XIII, in The Time Machine:

     Now instead of reversing the levers I had pulled them over so as to go forward with them, and when I came to look at these indicators I found that the thousands hand was sweeping round as fast as the seconds hand of a watch, into futurity.

2. the state of being in the future.
3. a future event
   • 1742, Edward Young, The Complaint: or Night-Thoughts on Life, Death & Immortality, Night I

     […] on this perhaps,

     This peradventure, infamous for lies,

     As on a rock of adamant, we build

     Our mountain hopes; spin out eternal schemes,

     As we the fatal sisters could out-spin,

     And, big with life’s futurities, expire.

Synonyms

• futurition

Derived terms

• futuritial