futureness
UK/ˈfjuːt͡ʃənəs/US/ˈfjuːt͡ʃɚnəs/
futureness noun: the quality of occurring in, being, or being related to the future.
Noun
futureness (countable and uncountable, plural futurenesses)
- The quality of occurring in, being, or being related to the future.
- To our conclusion, that TIME is the equivalent of Pastness, Presentness, and Futureness, combined, it may be objected, that the word Time is applicable to all the three cases; as we can say, past time, present time, and future time, all with equal propriety.1829, James Mill, Analysis of the Phenomena of the Human Mind, Volume 2, page 103
- What is posited as future is just the futureness of a sprout. That is, the sprout that will come is not future since when it exists, it exists at the present time.1990, Daniel Cozort, Unique Tenets of The Middle Way Consequence School: The Systematization of the Philosophy of the Indian Buddhist Prāsaṅgika- Mādhyamika School by the Tibetan Ge-luk-ba Scholastic...
Forms of futureness
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Origin of futureness
From future + -ness.
Questions about futureness
- What does futureness mean?
- Futureness means the quality of occurring in, being, or being related to the future.
- What part of speech is futureness?
- Futureness is a noun.
- How do you pronounce futureness?
- Futureness is pronounced /ˈfjuːt͡ʃənəs/ (UK).
- What is the plural of futureness?
- The plural of futureness is futurenesses.
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