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futuring

8.1

Looking ahead to future events to plan for them

adjective
/ˈfjuːtʃərɪŋ/

: futurista

The organization held a futuring workshop to explore possible technological advances in the next decade.

Examples

Many companies are investing in futuring strategies to stay ahead of market trends.
Her futuring mindset helped the team prepare for unexpected changes in the industry.
The futuring strategies developed by the team are impressive.
We need to focus on futuring our business model.
The organization held a futuring workshop to explore possible technological advances in the next decade.
Her futuring mindset helped the team prepare for unexpected changes in the industry.
Many companies are investing in futuring strategies to stay ahead of market trends.

Synonyms

foresightful

vsfuturing

8.1

Able to think about and plan for the future

describes forward-looking actions that actively prepare for future needs

farseeing

vsfuturing

7.5

Able to plan ahead to avoid future problems

focuses on forward-looking work aimed at anticipating and preparing for possibilities

futural

vsfuturing

9.7

About things that will happen in the future

focuses on anticipating and preparing rather than just relating to the future

Antonyms

history

Specialized

∞ 1.2

The study of past events about people and societies

retrospective

5 6.6

Looking back on past events

How Forward-Looking

to vision

1 5.9

foresight

30 5.6

futuring

8.1

planning

507 2.2

planfulness

7.0

Surface Forms

futuring positive

Morphology

futuring = future (semi-transparent) = future + ing

The word is formed by adding '-ing' to 'future', and the forward-looking sense is fairly inferable but somewhat specialized.

Etymology

Futuring comes from the familiar word future, which means 'time that is to come', plus the ending -ing that turns it into a forward-looking adjective. So a futuring workshop or mindset is about looking ahead and preparing for what may happen.