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futurable

futurable adjective: capable of existing or occurring in the future: possible.

Adjective

futurable (not comparable)

  1. Capable of existing or occurring in the future: possible.
    • But what the issue of this conference concluded would have been, is only known to Him, who knew what the men of Keilah would do (1 Sam. xxiii. 12), and whose prescience extends not only to things future, but futurable […]1845, John Nicholas Bennett, The Church History of Britain
    • Man projects the future as futurable (possible).1979, Parviz Morewedge, Islamic Philosophical Theology, page 78
    Synonyms:
    possible

Synonyms of futurable

Origin of futurable

From future + -able. Compare Spanish futurible.

Questions about futurable

What does futurable mean?
Futurable means capable of existing or occurring in the future: possible.
What part of speech is futurable?
Futurable is an adjective.

Words near futurable in the dictionary

  1. Futunans
  2. Futunian
  3. Futunians
  4. futur
  5. Futura
  6. futurable
  7. futural
  8. futuralities
  9. futurality
  10. futurama
  11. Futurama theorem

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