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futuristic

/ˌfjuːtʃəˈrɪstɪk/adjective

उच्चारण फ़्यूचरिस्टिक

भविष्य जैसा, अत्याधुनिक, भविष्यवादी

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adjective
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    extremely modern and unusual in appearance, as if belonging to a future time

    भविष्य जैसा, अत्याधुनिक, भविष्यवादी

    • the futuristic design of the new airport terminal
    • a futuristic film about robots that run the city
    • The house has a futuristic design with glass walls.
    + 2 more examples
    • Visitors admired the futuristic metro stations.
    • It was a futuristic story set in the year 2200.

    Synonyms ultra-modern space-age advanced

    Opposite old-fashioned traditional antiquated

§Structures (grammar patterns) 4

a futuristic + noun (attributive)

Placed before a noun, 'futuristic' describes designs, buildings or machines that look as if they belong to a time ahead of ours.

Noun से पहले आकर 'futuristic' ऐसे डिज़ाइन, भवन या मशीनों का वर्णन करता है जो भविष्य के समय के लगते हों।

  • The airport has a futuristic glass terminal.
  • The film showed a futuristic city with flying cars.

be + futuristic (predicative)

After 'be', 'seem', 'look' or 'feel', it describes the overall impression of something.

'Be', 'seem', 'look' या 'feel' के बाद यह किसी चीज़ के समग्र प्रभाव को बताता है।

  • The new metro station looks almost futuristic.
  • Some phones in the 1990s seemed futuristic.

comparative: more / most futuristic

It is a long adjective, so it forms its comparative with 'more' and 'most', not with -er or -est.

यह लंबा adjective है, इसलिए इसका comparative 'more' और 'most' से बनता है, -er या -est से नहीं।

  • This is the most futuristic car on display.

futuristic vs. future

'Futuristic' describes style or appearance, while 'future' simply means the time to come or something that will happen later.

'Futuristic' शैली या रूप के बारे में है, जबकि 'future' केवल आने वाले समय या बाद में होने वाली बात को बताता है।

  • My future plans are simple, but my sister prefers futuristic fashion.
+Collocations 3

futuristic + noun

designcitytechnologyvehiclearchitecturegadget

  • The exhibition displayed futuristic gadgets from many countries.

adverb + futuristic

strikinglyalmostslightlypurelywildly

  • The bullet train looked strikingly futuristic to the village children.

look / feel / sound + futuristic

lookfeelseemsoundappear

  • Paying by face scan still sounds futuristic to many shopkeepers.
“More examples 5
  • The science museum in Kolkata has a futuristic planetarium.

कोलकाता के विज्ञान संग्रहालय में एक भविष्य जैसा दिखने वाला तारामंडल है।

  • Her futuristic paintings show robots teaching in village schools.

उसके भविष्यवादी चित्रों में रोबोट गाँव के विद्यालयों में पढ़ाते दिखाए गए हैं।

  • When Radhika first used a voice assistant, it felt wonderfully futuristic.

जब राधिका ने पहली बार voice assistant का प्रयोग किया, तो वह अद्भुत रूप से भविष्य जैसा लगा।

  • The novel is set in a futuristic India where every road is solar-powered.

उपन्यास भविष्य के ऐसे भारत में रचा गया है जहाँ हर सड़क सौर ऊर्जा से चलती है।

  • Many futuristic ideas of the past, such as video calls, are now ordinary.

अतीत के कई भविष्य जैसे विचार, जैसे video call, अब सामान्य हो गए हैं।

!Common mistakes 3

✗ India has a futuristic plan to build a space station.

✓ India has a future plan to build a space station.

'Futuristic' describes a look or style; for a plan about the time ahead, use 'future'.

'Futuristic' रूप या शैली बताता है; आने वाले समय की योजना के लिए 'future' का प्रयोग करें।

✗ The new metro station looks like futuristic.

✓ The new metro station looks futuristic.

After 'look' use an adjective directly; 'look like' needs a noun.

'Look' के बाद adjective सीधे आता है; 'look like' के बाद noun आता है।

✗ Futuristic generations will depend more on robots.

✓ Future generations will depend more on robots.

'Generations' that come later are 'future generations'; 'futuristic' means looking like the future.

आने वाली पीढ़ियों के लिए 'future generations' कहा जाता है; 'futuristic' का अर्थ भविष्य जैसा दिखना है।

◇Word family
future noun, adj.futurism noun
≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

ultra-modern space-age advanced visionary avant-garde

Antonyms

old-fashioned traditional antiquated dated

AaSpelling

fu·tur·is·tic

⌂Word origin and word building

Futurism was an early twentieth-century art movement.

Futurism बीसवीं सदी की शुरुआत का एक कला-आंदोलन था।