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futuring

futuring

1 8.5
The practice of studying and planning for future events
  • noun
  • /ˈfjuːtʃərɪŋ/
  • Jargon
translation icon : futurismo
  • During the workshop, participants practiced futuring techniques to envision sustainable community development.
  • futuring skills
  • futuring techniques
  • futuring tool

Examples

  • Educators are increasingly incorporating futuring into their curricula to prepare students for upcoming challenges.

  • These two key questions reflect the times and nature of futuring.

    Academic text (2012)

  • Futuring involves analyzing potential scenarios to better understand what the futuring may hold.

Synonyms

forethought
vsfuturing
10 5.5

Careful planning for the future to avoid problems

is the general practice that also involves studying and imagining futures
gestation
vsfuturing
  • Formal
2 6.8

The time when an idea grows in the mind before it is ready

is focused on exploring and planning possible futures rather than growing ideas privately
envisioning
vsfuturing
1 5.1

Making a clear picture in your mind of something, often of the future

is broader and includes studying and planning as well as visualization
prospection
vsfuturing
  • Specialized
8.3

To imagine and plan for the future

is the broader practice that also studies and imagines future scenarios
envisionment
vsfuturing
6.8

A mental picture of a plan or future result

is used for the wider practice of studying, imagining and planning futures

How Forward-Looking

to vision
1 5.9
foresight
30 5.6
futuring
  • Jargon
1 8.5
planning
507 2.2

Surface Forms

futuring singular
futurings plural

Morphology

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

This is a regular '-ing' nominalization of 'future', but the futures-studies sense is specialized rather than fully literal.

Etymology

Futuring as a noun also comes from future, meaning 'time that is to come', and it names the practice of studying or planning possible futures. So futuring is the activity of imagining different scenarios and getting ready for them.