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- pronunciation:
- pa
ste
rih
ti
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
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noun |
| definition 1: |
all generations to come.
The monument was to last for posterity.Their subhuman living conditions would have remained unknown had not one photographer recorded them for posterity.- similar words:
- eternity, future
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| definition 2: |
all of one person's descendants.
The deceased woman had never married and left no posterity.- synonyms:
- descendants
- antonyms:
- ancestry
- similar words:
- family, issue, offspring, progeny
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| related words: |
issue, offspring |
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