posterity English

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What does posterity mean?

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posterity Noun

— Posterity means people in the future. The baseball player is remembered by posterity as one of the best players who ever lived. If we cut down all of the world's trees, there will be none left for posterity.

— Posterity means all the people who are descendants of one person (that person's children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren, etc.) The people wanted a better government so they could have freedom for themselves and their posterity. We are saving money now so our posterity do not have to work as hard as we did.

posterity

— noun all future generations

— noun all of the offspring of a given progenitor we must secure the benefits of freedom for ourselves and our posterity

Synonyms posterity synonyms

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posterity English » English

descendants

progeny

offspring

descendant

future generations

lineage

future life

future

off-spring

next world

next generation

later generations

grandchildren

grandchild

after ages

youngest child

younger generation

trivialities

top

tip

survivor

successors

succession

species

seed

scion

relict

progen

pedigree

parentage

one’s offspring

one’s descendants

long life

life to come

later generation

kin

issue

helmet

grandsons.

generation

finally

family tree

existent

escaper

end

close

clan

children and grandchildren

children

breed

Topics posterity topics

What do people use posterity to talk about?

Social behavior Relationships Kinship Related by birth

Grandson, granddaughter

• What words refer to your descendants?
  descendant offshoot offspring posterity progeny line

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Perhaps you're a genius and I'm to introduce you to posterity.

Posterity will choose between your name and mine.

The things we do for posterity.

Yes, the things we do for posterity.

Yet it was said, it should not stand in thy posterity, But that myself should be the root and father of many kings.

Yet it was said It should not stand in thy posterity, But that myself should be the root and father of many kings.

We really should preserve it for posterity, except, it's such good crystal and I'd hate to break up the set.

Seal up these fruits of my sorrow so that posterity may know how Nero grieved for his dearest friend and truest critic.

Battlefields are places of posterity, providing history for pupils.

You owe it to posterity.

I know it will record all your poems for posterity.

We want to remove those brains at the instant of death. and freeze them, thus preserving for posterity all they contain.

When posterity judges our actions here it will perhaps see us not as unwilling prisoners but as men who, for whatever reason preferred to remain as non-contributing individuals on the edge of society.

Yet it was said it should not stand in thy posterity.

And so, another broadcast slips into posterity, as we bring to a close the 449th Maxford House programme.

It will be handed down to posterity.

Posterity? Posterity!

I never believed in posterity, but I wanted to leave behind, if not a will, at least an examination of this adventure.

Yet it was said, it should not stand in thy posterity, but that myself should be the root and father of many kings.

You'll achieve posterity, quite simply.

In a speech recorded for posterity on wax in lieu of marble.

Upon the altar for posterity.

For posterity, boys.

Simply for posterity.

Yet was it said, it should not stand in thy posterity, but that myself should be the root and father of many kings.

One's infamy sung by posterity in return for this sad existence.

I'd be cursed by posterity if I were regarded as the first instigator of any sort of settlement.

Let's just. commemorate this for posterity.

This statement is for posterity.

And then the Time Lords decided to destroy the entire planet, and hid the fact from posterity.

Something for posterity.

How could posterity doubt her affection?

You are concerned that posterity. will know of your duplicity.

I want to give a demonstration that I think you'll want to record for posterity.

Tell me. And remember, this is for posterity. so be honest.

To them and their posterity will we commit our future.

And you? Have you provided for your posterity?