| 单词 | futurity |
| 释义 | futurity /fyooh toor"i tee, -tyoor"-, -choor"-, -cherr"-/, n. , pl. futurities. 1. future time: Such discussion is better left to futurity. 2. future generations; posterity: What will futurity say about this? 3. the afterlife: the promise of eternal rest in futurity. 4. 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. 5. the quality of being future: the futurity of the end of the world. 6. 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. [1595-1605; FUTURE + -ITY] |
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