offspring

off·spring  (ôfsprng, f-)

n. pl. offspring

1. The progeny or descendants of a person, animal, or plant considered as a group.

2. A child of particular parentage.

3. A result; a product.

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[Middle English ofspring, from Old English : of, off; see off + springan, to rise.]

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offspring

Noun

1. the immediate descendant or descendants of a person or animal

2. a product, outcome, or result: the women's liberation movement was the offspring of the 1960s

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	offspring - the immediate descendants of a person; "she was the mother of many offspring"; "he died without issue" progeny, issue baby - the youngest member of a group (not necessarily young); "the baby of the family"; "the baby of the Supreme Court" by-blow, illegitimate, illegitimate child, love child, whoreson, bastard - the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents child, kid - a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age; "they had three children"; "they were able to send their kids to college" eldest, firstborn - the offspring who came first in the order of birth grandchild - a child of your son or daughter relative, relation - a person related by blood or marriage; "police are searching for relatives of the deceased"; "he has distant relations back in New Jersey" heir, successor - a person who inherits some title or office
	2.	offspring - something that comes into existence as a result; "industrialism prepared the way for acceptance of the French Revolution's various socialistic offspring"; "this skyscraper is the solid materialization of his efforts" materialisation, materialization consequence, effect, result, upshot, outcome, event, issue - a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon; "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise"; "his decision had depressing consequences for business"; "he acted very wise after the event"
	3.	offspring - any immature animal young animal, animate being, beast, creature, fauna, brute - a living organism characterized by voluntary movement hatchling - any recently hatched animal (especially birds) orphan - a young animal without a mother young mammal - any immature mammal young bird - a bird that is still young spat - a young oyster or other bivalve young fish - a fish that is young

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offspring

noun 1. child, baby, kid (informal) youngster, infant, successor, babe, toddler, heir, issue, tot, descendant, wean Scot. little one, brat, bairn Scot. nipper (informal) chit, scion, babe in arms (informal) sprog (slang) munchkin (informal), chiefly U.S. rug rat (slang) littlie Austral. (informal) ankle-biter Austral. (slang) tacker Austral. (slang) << OPPOSITE parent

noun 2. children, kids (informal) young, family, issue, stock, seed (chiefly biblical) fry, successors, heirs, spawn, descendants, brood, posterity, lineage, progeny, scions

Translations

offspring [ˈɔfsprɪŋ] n → descendencia

offspring [ˈɔfsprɪŋ] n → progéniture f

offspring [ˈɔfsprɪŋ] n inv → Nachwuchs m

offspring [ˈɔfsprɪŋ] n → prole f; discendenza