futurity
/fyoo-toor-i-tee, -tyoor-, -choor-, -chur-/US // fyuˈtʊər ɪ ti, -ˈtyʊər-, -ˈtʃʊər-, -ˈtʃɜr- //UK // (fjuːˈtjʊərɪtɪ) //
未来性,未来,未来之星,未来的
Related Words
prospect前景,前景展望,展望,前景预测outlook展望,观点,展望未来,愿景millennium千禧年,千年,纪元destiny命运,缘分,天命,命中注定fate命运,缘分,运气,天命hereafter此后,从今以后,从今往后eternity永恒,永生,永恒的,长生不老infinity宇宙空间,宇宙空间无限大,宇宙空间无限,宇宙的无限expectation期待,期望,期望值,期待值posterity后代,后人,后期,后代人offing紧张紧张,紧张不安的情绪,紧张的大morrow凌晨时分,凌晨,凌晨时分的tomorrow明天,明日,明天的,明日之星afterward事后,之后,随后aftertime事后by and by由和,由和由,由和的,由及to be要,是,将是,将会是
Definitions
n.名词 noun
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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.
Synonyms & Antonyms
as inby-and-by
Examples
Calm and contented in the consciousness of having done my duty, I look forward to futurity with perfect peace of mind.
He had a form of ideal beauty, grace, and vigor, inspired by unerring wisdom and insight into futurity.
I would gladly have risked futurity to have looked elsewhere—I could not.
Our plans of futurity, our purposes of gain, or our resolves of usefulness, may be ended in one short hour.
Drawing of lots was frequently resorted to by the Romans wishing to pry into futurity.
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