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# posterity

noun (no plural)

«posterity» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

All the people who will live in the future, long after us; the children and grandchildren still to come. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/posterity/#m1)

### In the lessons

in stories, a tale or deed that will be remembered by later people; «to posterity» means for the future.

### Examples

- The king said the tale must not be lost to posterity. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/posterity/#x1)
- What is good will shine brightly through posterity. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/posterity/#x2)
- We write things down so that posterity can read them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/posterity/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths.

## In Jewish tradition

in stories, a tale or deed that will be remembered by later people; «to posterity» means for the future.

### Examples

- Let his posterity be cut off; in the generation following let their name be blotted out. (Writings PSA.109.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/posterity/#x1)

### Note

nothing for maths.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «posterity» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/posterity/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«posterity» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/posterity.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «posterity» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/posterity/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«posterity» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/posterity.html) on Mova free.