Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

futureness

/ˈfjuːt͡ʃɚnəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fu-ture-ness
IPA: /ˈfjuːt͡ʃɚnəs/

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality of occurring in, being, or being related to the future.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."
"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."
"Furthermore, just as with the two passive syntheses, the third constitutive synthesis is a perspective of time giving us the elements of the futureness of the present and the futureness of the past."

Etymology

From future + -ness.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈfjuːt͡ʃɚnəs/
British English: /ˈfjuːt͡ʃənəs/

Usage

Inflected Forms

futurenesses (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce futureness?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈfjuːt͡ʃɚnəs/.
What does futureness mean?: The quality of occurring in, being, or being related to the future.
Where does futureness come from?: From future + -ness.

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