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Definition of
posterity noun
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
posterity
noun
noun
NAmE
/
/
pɑˈstɛrət̮i
/
/
[
uncountable
]
(
formal
)
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all the people who will live in the future
Their music has been
preserved for posterity
.
Posterity will remember him as a great man.
See
posterity
in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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