POSTERITY


Meaning of POSTERITY in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ VERB

preserve

This wise precaution preserved the Garden for posterity .

It was preserved for posterity with David's Mum smiling away - bless her heart.

record

Read in studio A tiny wartime airfield that grew into Britain's biggest military airport now has its story recorded for posterity .

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

If you want your hand written words of wisdom saved for posterity use quality paper and permanent ink.

It is hard to know now whether Eden was really being serious, or merely protecting himself for posterity .

It so happens that Parrhasios composed his own review for posterity , namely the epitaph inscribed on his tombstone.

Not only would that further damage his image for posterity .

One can imagine them forthrightly shaking hands and congratulating and thanking each other, but the words are lost to posterity .

Perhaps she simply wanted to hear herself perform, unless of course she hoped to leave posterity an example of her playing.

Such a pleasure I hope is before us and our posterity under the influence of the new government....

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