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Word: Posterity
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late Middle English: from Old French posterite, from Latin posteritas, from posterus ‘following’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
pɒˈstɛrɪti
Dialects: British English
Definition:
all future generations of people
Short Definition:all future generations of people
Examples:- the victims' names are recorded for posterity
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