posterity

pos·ter·i·ty  (p-str-t)

n.

1. Future generations: "Everything he writes is consigned to posterity" (Joyce Carol Oates).

2. All of a person's descendants.

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[Middle English posterite, from Old French, from Latin posterits, from posterus, coming after; see posterior.]

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posterity [pɒˈstɛrɪtɪ]

n

1. future or succeeding generations

2. all of one's descendants

[from French postérité, from Latin posteritās future generations, from posterus coming after, from post after]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	posterity - all of the offspring of a given progenitor; "we must secure the benefits of freedom for ourselves and our posterity" descendants biological group - a group of plants or animals
	2.	posterity - all future generations generation - group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent

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posterity

noun

1. 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 posterity

Quotations
"`We are always doing,' says he, `something for Posterity, but I would fain see Posterity doing something for us.'" [Joseph Addison]

Translations

posterity [pɒsˈterɪtɪ] N → posteridad f

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posterity [pɒˈstɛrɪti] n → postérité f
poster paint n → gouache f
post exchange n (US) → magasin m de l'armée
post-feminism [ˌpəʊstˈfɛmɪnɪz^əm] n → postféminisme m
post-feminist [ˌpəʊstˈfɛmɪnɪst]

adj [people, attitudes] → postféministe

n (= person) → postféministe mf
post-free [ˌpəʊstˈfriː] adj (British) → franco (de port)

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posterity

n → die Nachwelt; they videoed it for posterity → sie haben es für die Nachwelt auf Video aufgenommen

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posterity [pɒsˈtɛrɪtɪ] n → posterità

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posterity

n posterity [poˈsterəti]

people coming after; future generations The treasures must be kept for posterity. nageslag أجيال قادِمَه потомство potomstvo eftertiden die Nachwelt οι μέλλουσες γενιές posteridad järeltulevad põlved نسل های آینده jälkipolvi postérité הַדוֹרוֹת הַבָּאִים उत्तरकालीनता potomst o,budući naraštaji utókor keturunan komandi kynslóðir posterità 子孫 후대, 후손 palikuonys, būsimosios kartos nākamās paaudzes; nākamība generasi akan datang nageslacht kommende slekter, etterkommere potomność posteridade posteritate потомки potomstvo potomstvo potomstvo efterkommande, eftervärld[] คนรุ่นหลัง gelecek kuşaklar 子孫，後裔，後代 нащадки; наступні покоління آنے والي نسل thế hệ về sau 子孙，后裔，后代