Meaning of Progeny | Babel Free
ˈpɹɒd͡ʒəniDefinitions
- Offspring or descendants considered as a group.
- Descent, lineage, ancestry.
- A result of a creative effort.
Equivalents
Examples
“I treasure this five-generation photograph of my great-great grandmother and her progeny.”
“I should premise that I use⟳ the term Struggle⟳ for Existence in a large and metaphorical sense⟳, including dependence of one being on another, and including (which is more important) not only the life of the individual, but success in leaving progeny.”
“One worm on a single plate can give⟳ rise⟳ to thousands of progeny after just a week or so.”
“Beſides, all French and France exclaimes on thee, / Doubting thy Birth and lawfull Progenie. / Who ioyn’ſt thou with, but with a Lordly Nation, / That will not truſt thee, but for profits ſake ?”
“His dissertation is his most important intellectual progeny to date⟳.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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