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Meaning of Posterity | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

pɒˈstɛɹɪti

Definitions

All the future generations, especially the descendants of a specific person.
uncountable, usually
Future audiences, future times, future recognition.
uncountable, usually

Equivalents

العربية الأجيال القادمة نجل

Bosanski potomstvo потомство

Čeština potomstvo

Dansk eftertid

Deutsch Afterwelt nachkommen Nachwelt

Español posteridad

Suomi jälkeläiset jälkimaailma jälkipolvet jälkipolvi

Français postérité

Gaeilge síolradh

Hrvatski potomstvo потомство

Magyar utókor

Bahasa Indonesia tetesan darah

Italiano posteri

日本語後世後人後生

한국어 대대손손 이래 후손 후예

Kurdî nesil

Македонски потомство

Nederlands nageslacht

Polski nasienie potomny potomstwo progenitura

Português posteridade

Română posteritate

Русский потомство

Српски potomstvo потомство

Svenska eftervärld eftervärlden

Türkçe nesil soy zürriyet

Українська потомство

Tiếng Việt cháu chắt

Examples

“The original family who had begun to build a palace to rival Nonesuch had died out before they had put up little more than the gateway, so that the actual structure which had come down to posterity retained the secret magic of a promise rather than the overpowering splendour of a great architectural achievement.”

CEFR level

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

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