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Meaning of Offspring | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˈɒfspɹɪŋ

Definitions

  1. A person's daughter or son; a person's child.
  2. Any of a person's descendants, including of further generations.
  3. An animal or plant's progeny or young.
  4. Anything produced; the result of an entity's efforts.
    figuratively
  5. A process launched by another process.

Equivalents

Azərbaycanca nəsil övlad
Беларуская нашча́дак пато́мак
Български пото́мък
Čeština potomek potomstvo
Cymraeg epil hiliogaeth
Dansk afkom
Esperanto filino filo idaro ido
Gaeilge clann síolradh
Gàidhlig àil àl clann sliochd
עברית זרע צאצא
Magyar ivadék utód
Հայերեն զավակ
Bahasa Indonesia peranakan
日本語 子孫 子種 苗裔
Қазақша әулет ұрпақ
한국어 자녀 자식
Kurdî al al dol fîlo ido
Lietuvių vaikas
Македонски потомок потомство
Kiswahili watoto
Тоҷикӣ насл фарзанд
Tagalog kawil
Türkçe çocuk döl evlat yavru
ئۇيغۇرچە ئەۋلاد
اردو اولاد نسل
Oʻzbekcha avlod nasl urugʻ
Tiếng Việt con cái

Examples

“We are the offspring of Italian immigrants.”
“In plants, the ability to recognize self from nonself plays an important role in fertilization, because self-fertilization will result in less diverse offspring than fertilization with pollen from another individual.”
“Artists often treasure their works as their immortal offspring.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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