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- [po-ster-i-tee]
- /pɒˈstɛr ɪ ti/
- /pɒsˈter.ə.ti/
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- [po-ster-i-tee]
- /pɒˈstɛr ɪ ti/
Definitions of posterity word
- noun posterity succeeding or future generations collectively: Judgment of this age must be left to posterity. 1
- noun posterity all descendants of one person: His fortune was gradually dissipated by his posterity. 1
- noun posterity future generations 1
- uncountable noun posterity You can refer to everyone who will be alive in the future as posterity. 0
- noun posterity future or succeeding generations 0
- noun posterity all of one's descendants 0
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Origin of posterity
First appearance:
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
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Parts of speech for Posterity
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
posterity popularity
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.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
posterity usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for posterity
noun posterity
- aftertime — the time to come; the future
- begats — (nonstandard) plural of begat.
- by and by — presently or eventually
- descendant — Someone's descendants are the people in later generations who are related to them.
- future — time that is to be or come hereafter.
Antonyms for posterity
noun posterity
- ancestors — Plural form of ancestor.
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See also
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