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Futurity

Noun
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

Futurity means the time yet to come, or the state of being future; it may refer broadly to what lies ahead for people or events.

Detailed Definition
Futurity is a formal or literary word for the future, especially time beyond the present moment. Here it gives the poem a solemn, philosophical tone as the speaker imagines traveling on into what comes next.
Example
Example in poetry:
“And I with them shall travel on / Through all Futurity” personifies Futurity as an immense future realm; “To futurity I leave this seed, this unfinished song” uses the abstract noun in a formal prophetic voice; Shelley’s “Ozymandias” addresses futurity through the ruins that outlast power; “Our messages cross futurity as light crosses water” gives the word a contemporary technological resonance
Additional Notes
Futurity is a literary noun that is much less common than everyday words like future, so readers may need to look it up.; Found in the poem, My days among the Dead are past by Robert Southey
Also Known As
future destiny time to come
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