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How do you use Posterity in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like descendants or generation, plus the exact meaning.

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Posterity in a sentence

Posterity meaning

  1. All the future generations, especially the descendants of a specific person.
  2. Future audiences, future times, future recognition.

Synonyms of Posterity

descendants biological group generation

Related words

Other words often associated with Posterity or its synonyms:

group propagation contemporaries beginning phase multiplication genesis grouping period reproduction people production

Using Posterity

  • The main meaning on this page is: All the future generations, especially the descendants of a specific person. | Future audiences, future times, future recognition.
  • Useful related words include: descendants, biological group, generation.
  • In the example corpus, posterity often appears in combinations such as: for posterity, of posterity, posterity will.

Context around Posterity

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.1 words
  • Position in the sentence: 5 start, 3 middle, 12 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

paleontological 1× saying 1×

Often after:

means 1× though 1× cross 1×

Sentence patterns with Posterity

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

preserved for posterity 2× advantage of posterity 1× behalf of posterity and had 1× benefit of posterity 1× confidence that posterity would be 1× events for posterity though for 1× good for posterity that some 1× held for posterity at public 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

awe who was 1× both captured the 1× but let me 1× consequently these were 1× following the deaths 1× fred taylor s 1×

Common sentence endings:

preserved for posterity 2× advantage of posterity 1× anyone s guess 1× benefit of posterity 1× chief obafemi awolowo 1× for different motives 1×

Words around Posterity

Just before it in the word index:

posteriors 4 posteriorly 13 posteriori 12 posterior 180 posterboard 4 poster 1.126

Just after it in the word index:

postern 3 postero 2 posterolaterally 2 posters 807 postes 3 postfix 5

Similar in corpus frequency:

adrienne 123 airlift 123 alisson 123 anesthesia 123 antagonistic 123 asif 123

Corpus analysis for Posterity

  • In this selection, "posterity" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 25.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, paleontological, saying, means, though and cross stand out and add context to how "posterity" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include preserved for posterity and advantage of posterity. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "posterity" sits close to words such as adrienne, airlift and alisson, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with posterity

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Posterity will never forget that man. (6 words)

But let me drop this here for posterity. (8 words)

Both captured the day’s events for posterity, though for different motives. (12 words)

Longer example sentences

And so it is that for purposes of posterity, for knowledge and to get some clarity on the policies of Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, the author Emmanuel Ado chose to bless us with this fetching book with a cover that immediately endears you to the book. (46 words)

His philosophy is all of one piece. citation In conceiving the Encyclopedie, Diderot had thought of the work as a fight on behalf of posterity and had expressed confidence that posterity would be grateful for his effort. (37 words)

It is not too good for posterity that some Nigerians hold the belief that your current letter is true to type as you did everything in your power to undermine the legacies of Chief Obafemi Awolowo. (36 words)

Example sentences (20)

His philosophy is all of one piece. citation In conceiving the Encyclopedie, Diderot had thought of the work as a fight on behalf of posterity and had expressed confidence that posterity would be grateful for his effort.

And so it is that for purposes of posterity, for knowledge and to get some clarity on the policies of Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, the author Emmanuel Ado chose to bless us with this fetching book with a cover that immediately endears you to the book.

Awe, who was first female lecturer at the Department of History, University of Ibadan and the first female academic staff in a Nigerian university, emphasised the importance of record keeping culture and history for posterity.

But let me drop this here for posterity.

Consequently, these were to be etched in the annals history for the benefit of posterity.

He has made mistakes, every captain does, but unfortunately for him it is only the losing one who has them picked out, pored over and preserved for posterity.

How it went from a potential union to paleontological posterity is anyone’s guess.

Ifinedo added that the school’s old boys owe Fr. John Edah, its principal, loads of gratitude for his passion and love for the school, saying posterity would be kind to him.

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It is not too good for posterity that some Nigerians hold the belief that your current letter is true to type as you did everything in your power to undermine the legacies of Chief Obafemi Awolowo.

Our posterity means far more than the feelings of individual non-whites (blacks) who are correctly racial profiled for their collective lawlessness.

Overall, running on goodwill and patriotic fervour, Tiger will sail through the festive season but won’t leave pug marks for posterity.

Those present held the esteemed pieces of correspondence up for the camera, ensuring that the magic moment will be preserved for posterity.

To me, the coming elections present the opportunity of using Hon.Igbinedion’s candidacy to banish inept governance in the State, and entrench a new dawn to the advantage of posterity.

Both captured the day’s events for posterity, though for different motives.

Following the deaths of their parents, the picture ended up in the possession of Pam who nagged her other two sisters, who now live in Devon, to recreate the photo for posterity.

Fred Taylor's artistic contributions, particularly his captivating posters and architectural paintings, continue to be admired and some of his artworks are held for posterity at public galleries in Liverpool and Bristol.

It was one he had recently begun to remember from his childhood, and was fretting that he had not yet put it down on record for posterity.

Posterity will never forget that man.

Thankfully for posterity, Cross spearheaded—along with University of Washington ethnomusicology archivist John Vallier—the digitalizing of 's entire run.

The overriding feeling from Jim and Jerome is that it was a pity their stories had not been officially recorded for posterity before now.

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Common combinations with posterity

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "posterity" in a sentence?
An example: "His philosophy is all of one piece. citation In conceiving the Encyclopedie, Diderot had thought of the work as a fight on behalf of posterity and had expressed confidence that posterity would be grateful for his effort." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "posterity" from authentic English texts.
What does "posterity" mean?
Posterity means: All the future generations, especially the descendants of a specific person.
What are synonyms of "posterity"?
Common synonyms of "posterity" include: descendants, biological group, generation.
How many example sentences with "posterity" are there?
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