posterities

pos·ter·i·ty

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Definitions of posterities word

noun posterities succeeding or future generations collectively: Judgment of this age must be left to posterity. 1
noun posterities all descendants of one person: His fortune was gradually dissipated by his posterity. 1

before 1350

One of the 20% oldest English words

1350-1400; Middle English posterite < Latin posteritās, noun derivative of posterus coming after. See posterior, -ity

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 83% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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