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单词 posterity
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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
Noun1.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

posterity

noun1. 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]

posterity

nounA group consisting of those descended directly from the same parents or ancestors:brood, get, issue, offspring, progeny, seed.
Translations
后代后裔子孙

posterity

(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


  • noun

Synonyms for posterity

noun the future

Synonyms

  • the future
  • future generations
  • succeeding generations

noun descendants

Synonyms

  • descendants
  • children
  • family
  • issue
  • seed
  • heirs
  • offspring
  • progeny
  • scions

Synonyms for posterity

noun a group consisting of those descended directly from the same parents or ancestors

Synonyms

  • brood
  • get
  • issue
  • offspring
  • progeny
  • seed

Synonyms for posterity

noun all of the offspring of a given progenitor

Synonyms

  • descendants

Related Words

  • biological group

noun all future generations

Related Words

  • generation
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