posterity

• اسم يشير إلى جميع الأجيال البشرية المستقبلية في مجموعها، أو إلى جميع ذرية سلف معين. ويُستعمل أيضا للإشارة إلى الخلف أو النسل الذي يأتي بعد الإنسان.

A noun referring to all future generations of people collectively, or all of the descendants of a particular ancestor.

غير معدود

1. Future generationsB2formal

   All of the people who will live in the future, especially those who will come after the present generation.

   الأجيال القادمة

   • We must preserve these forests for posterity.
   • The artist created his masterpiece for posterity.
   • Historians record events for the benefit of posterity.

   المرادفاتprogeny

   الأضدادancestry

2. DescendantsB2formal

   All of the offspring of a particular person or group.

   الذُّرِّيَّة

   • The king's posterity ruled the kingdom for centuries.
   • She left her fortune to her posterity.
   • The family's posterity includes many famous scientists.

   المرادفاتissueoffspringprogenyseed

   الأضدادancestry