noun

posterity

po-STEH-rih-tee

noun

Future generations, especially someone's descendants.

"The letters were preserved for posterity."

"She planted the oak tree as a gift to posterity."

How to Use Posterity

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishThe people who will come after us — future generations who look back on what we leave behind.

Common pairings

for posterity preserve for posterity leave to posterity

posterities plural

Study it as flashcards or scroll it in Flow — saved to your collection.

Can you complete this real example?

The letters were preserved for _____.

From Middle French posterité, from Latin posteritas, based on posterus ('coming after'), itself from post ('after').

city pity deity unity entity equity nudity oddity enmity uppity vanity cavity