Library / English Dictionary

DESCENDANTS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

All of the offspring of a given progenitor

Example:

we must secure the benefits of freedom for ourselves and our posterity

Synonyms:

descendants; posterity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("descendants" is a kind of...):

biological group (a group of plants or animals)

Credits

 Context examples: 

Denotes the inhabitants of the japanese island of Okinawa, a person from there, or their descendants elsewhere.

(Okinawan, NCI Thesaurus)

Denotes the inhabitants of the island of Chuuk, a person from there, or their descendants elsewhere.

(Chuukese, NCI Thesaurus)

Denotes the inhabitants of the Dominican Republic, a person from there, or their descendants elsewhere.

(Dominican, NCI Thesaurus)

Heaven forbid that I should grudge my native country any portion of the wealth that may be accumulated by our descendants!

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Neither of the newly discovered species has living descendants.

(Fossil discovery adds to understanding of how geological changes affected evolution of mammalian life, National Science Foundation)

Denotes the inhabitants of Guam, a person from there, or their descendants elsewhere.

(Guamanian, NCI Thesaurus)

Denotes the inhabitants of Armenia, a person from there, or their descendants elsewhere.

(Armenian, NCI Thesaurus)

Denotes the inhabitants of Germany, a person from there, or their descendants elsewhere.

(German, NCI Thesaurus)

Denotes the inhabitants of France, a person from there, or their descendants elsewhere.

(French, NCI Thesaurus)

Denotes a person having origins in any indigenous people of Alaska and their descendants and who maintains tribal affiliation, or community or cultural attachment.

(Alaska Native, NCI Thesaurus)