"posterity" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /pɒˈstɛɹɪti/ [UK] Audio: en-us-posterity.ogg Forms: posterities [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪti, -ɛɹəti Etymology: Late 14th century, from Middle French posterité, from Latin posteritas, from posterus (“following, coming after”), from post (“after”) (English post-). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|frm|posterité}} Middle French posterité, {{uder|en|la|posteritas}} Latin posteritas, {{cog|en|post-}} English post- Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} posterity (usually uncountable, plural posterities)
  1. All the future generations, especially the descendants of a specific person. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Family Translations (all the future generations): gələcək nəsillər (Azerbaijani), пато́мства (patómstva) [neuter] (Belarusian), пото́мство (potómstvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), potomstvo [neuter] (Czech), eftertid [common-gender] (Danish), nageslacht [neuter] (Dutch), jälkipolvet [plural] (Finnish), jälkimaailma [singular] (Finnish), jälkeläiset [plural] (Finnish), postérité [feminine] (French), Nachwelt (note: of humanity at large) [feminine] (German), Nachkommen (note: of a particular person) [plural] (German), utókor (Hungarian), síolradh [masculine] (Irish), posteri [masculine, plural] (Italian), потомство (potomstvo) [neuter] (Macedonian), sluight [masculine] (Manx), æftergenġan [masculine, plural] (Old English), آیندگان (âyandegân) (Persian), potomstwo [neuter] (Polish), progenitura [feminine] (Polish), posteridade [feminine] (Portuguese), posteritate [feminine] (Romanian), пото́мство (potómstvo) [neuter] (Russian), по̀то̄мство [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), pòtōmstvo [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), potomstvo [neuter] (Slovak), potomstvo [neuter] (Slovene), posteridad [feminine] (Spanish), eftervärlden (note: of humanity at large) (Swedish), nesil (Turkish), soy (Turkish), zürriyet (Turkish), пото́мство (potómstvo) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
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  2. (transferred sense) Future audiences, future times, future recognition. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Family
    Sense id: en-posterity-en-noun-EfJT6k2R Disambiguation of Family: 46 54 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Old English links with redundant wikilinks, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Manx translations, Terms with Old English translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 47 53 Disambiguation of Old English links with redundant wikilinks: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Manx translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Old English translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: post-

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      "code": "de",
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      "lang": "Persian",
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      "sense": "all the future generations",
      "word": "آیندگان"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "word": "potomstwo"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "all the future generations",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "progenitura"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "all the future generations",
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      "word": "posteridade"
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      "code": "ro",
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      "code": "sh",
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      "code": "sl",
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      "code": "es",
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      "code": "sv",
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "all the future generations",
      "word": "zürriyet"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "potómstvo",
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