Futurity
[fjuː'tjʊərɪtɪ;-tʃ-]
Definition
(n.) State of being that is yet to come; future state.
(n.) Future time; time to come; the future.
(n.) Event to come; a future event.
Typed by Elbert
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Future, future time, time to come.
Editor: Paula
Examples
- The best faculties of man are employed for futurity: speaking is better than acting, writing is better than speaking. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Mr. Bounderby closed the door, and stood before the fire; projecting himself after his old explosive manner into his portrait—and into futurity. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Thou, the hope of my futurity, art my present joy. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- O for some Delphic oracle, or Pythian maid, to utter the secrets of futurity! Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- How much of futurity did _he_ see? Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- But more terrible, and far more obscure, was the unveiled course of my lone futurity. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Judging from the past, we may safely infer that not one living species will transmit its unaltered likeness to a distinct futurity. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- I confess to you, my cousin, that I love you, and that in my airy dreams of futurity you have been my constant friend and companion. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
Editor: Orville