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posterity
pos·ter·i·ty P0469400 (pŏ-stĕr′ĭ-tē)n.1. Future generations: "Everything he writes is consigned to posterity" (Joyce Carol Oates).2. All of a person's descendants.
[Middle English posterite, from Old French, from Latin posteritās, from posterus, coming after; see posterior.]posterity (pɒˈstɛrɪtɪ) n1. future or succeeding generations2. all of one's descendants[C14: from French postérité, from Latin posteritās future generations, from posterus coming after, from post after]pos•ter•i•ty (pɒˈstɛr ɪ ti)
n. 1. succeeding or future generations collectively. 2. all descendants of one person. [1350–1400; Middle English posterite < Latin posteritās, n. derivative of posterus coming after. See posterior, -ity] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | posterity - all of the offspring of a given progenitor; "we must secure the benefits of freedom for ourselves and our posterity"descendantsbiological group - a group of plants or animals | | 2. | posterity - all future generationsgeneration - group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent |
posteritynoun1. the future, future generations, succeeding generations A photographer recorded the scene for posterity.2. descendants, children, family, issue, seed (chiefly biblical), heirs, offspring, progeny, scions the imputation of Adam's sin to all his posterityQuotations
"`We are always doing,' says he, `something for Posterity, but I would fain see Posterity doing something for us.'" [Joseph Addison]posteritynounA group consisting of those descended directly from the same parents or ancestors:brood, get, issue, offspring, progeny, seed.Translationsposterity (poˈsterəti) noun people coming after; future generations. The treasures must be kept for posterity. 子孫，後裔，後代 子孙，后裔，后代
Posterity
POSTERITY, descents. All the descendants of a person in a direct line. posterity
Synonyms for posteritynoun the futureSynonyms- the future
- future generations
- succeeding generations
noun descendantsSynonyms- descendants
- children
- family
- issue
- seed
- heirs
- offspring
- progeny
- scions
Synonyms for posteritynoun a group consisting of those descended directly from the same parents or ancestorsSynonyms- brood
- get
- issue
- offspring
- progeny
- seed
Synonyms for posteritynoun all of the offspring of a given progenitorSynonymsRelated Wordsnoun all future generationsRelated Words |