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Antonyms for futurity


Grammar : Noun
Spell : fyoo-too r-i-tee, -tyoo r-, -choo r-, -chur-
Phonetic Transcription : fyuˈtʊər ɪ ti, -ˈtyʊər-, -ˈtʃʊər-, -ˈtʃɜr-



Definition of futurity

Origin :
  • c.1600, from future + -ity.
  • As in by-and-by : noun future
  • As in future : noun time to come
Example sentences :
  • It was as though the involuntary kiss had lurched him forward into a futurity of misery.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • Futurity can be no source of alarm to him who is conscious of acting right.
  • Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I » by Francis Augustus Cox
  • Political economy was still sleeping in the womb of futurity.
  • Extract from : « Bunyan » by James Anthony Froude
  • As to leave, it has again vanished into the limbo of futurity.
  • Extract from : « War Letters of a Public-School Boy » by Paul Jones.
  • "Emma, I think you have the worst of this peeping into futurity," said Mary, laughing.
  • Extract from : « The Settlers in Canada » by Frederick Marryat
  • To be robbed by Time is a sorry encouragement to write for Futurity!
  • Extract from : « International Copyright » by George Haven Putnam
  • Read your fate, see what is before you, and walk on into futurity.
  • Extract from : « Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience » by Henry David Thoreau
  • "In the name of futurity, I accept it," replied Katherine, not to be outdone in formality.
  • Extract from : « Molly Brown's Senior Days » by Nell Speed
  • “Emma, I think you have the worst of this peeping into futurity,” said Mary, laughing.
  • Extract from : « The Settlers in Canada » by Frederick Marryat
  • Society, as at present constituted, acts as if there were no futurity.
  • Extract from : « A Practical Enquiry into the Philosophy of Education » by James Gall

Synonyms for futurity

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