posterity
Use Posterity in a sentence
Ads
Free Prosperity IQ Test www.prosperityiqquiz.com/ Are you "attracting" money? Take the Free Quiz to find out.
Julia Cameron Art & Money www.tarcherbooks.net/ You can be an artist & make money! A 12-step course to prosperous life
ɪ noun
1.
succeeding or future generations collectively: Judgment of this age must be left to posterity.
2.
all descendants of one person: His fortune was gradually dissipated by his posterity.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
Cite This Source
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
Cite This Source
|
Link To posterity
Collins
World English Dictionary
posterity (pɒˈstɛrɪtɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | future or succeeding generations |
| 2. | all of one's descendants |
| [C14: from French postérité, from Latin posteritās future generations, from posterus coming after, from post after] | |
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
00:10
Posterity
is always a great word to know.
So is lollapalooza. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
posterity
late 14c., from O.Fr. posterité, from L. posteritatem (nom. posteritas) "the condition of coming after," from posterus "coming after, subsequent," from post "after."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
Cite This Source
Example sentences
He belongs to posterity as the instructor of future generations in the principles of liberty and freedom.
And though he has been offered $75 million for the place, he has decided to keep it for posterity.
The flattering moniker perhaps suited the ecstasy and pomp of the occasion, but posterity will be the judge.
The earth and the fulness of it belongs to every generation, and the preceding one can have no right to bind it up from posterity.
Nearby Words
Copyright © 2013 Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
