Posterity

Word POSTERITY
Character 9
Hyphenation pos ter i ty
Pronunciations /pɒˈstɛɹɪti/

Definitions and meanings of "Posterity"

What do we mean by posterity?

Future generations. noun

All of a person's descendants. noun

Descendants collectively; the race that proceeds from a progenitor. noun

Succeeding generations collectively. noun

Posteriority. noun

Synonyms Issue, Progeny, etc. See offspring. noun

The race that proceeds from a progenitor; offspring to the furthest generation; the aggregate number of persons who are descended from an ancestor of a generation; descendants; -- contrasted with ancestry. noun

Succeeding generations; future times. noun

All the future generations, especially the descendants of a specific person. noun

All of the offspring of a given progenitor noun

All future generations noun

All the future generations, especially the descendants of a specific person.

A Basketball term meaning to embarrass some one usually while slamming the ball over them. It refers to the guy whos being dunked on in basketball posters. Urban Dictionary

All future generations ahead. All the unborn generations collectively. All the people who will exist in the future. All succeeding generations. -Emeasoba George Urban Dictionary

A phrase usually stated during a basketball game in which one player embarasses another player by either vigorously blocking his/her shot or emphatically dunking over someone Urban Dictionary

A slang term depicting a play in basketball. In said play, a player dunks the ball over top or in front of another player, making a play so picturesque that it may appear on a poster, hence the term, posterized. Some players may have their own versions of this, such as Greg Ostertag of the Sacramento Kings. When someone is 'posterized' by Ostertag, they are 'Osterized'. This pay is known as 'dirty' and 'ugly' and is generally unwanted throughout the NBA. Urban Dictionary

Term in Basketball when one player dunks emphactally on an opposing player or in their face. Urban Dictionary

Bulletin board author Urban Dictionary

Really hott chicks that just sit at parties, and do nothing but look hot, talk shit, text, dance for five seconds, and do absolutely nothing with guys. Compared to a poster, because just like a poster, you can only look at their inutile beauty. Urban Dictionary

Parent over shoulder abbreviation. Used as a disguise for POS. Urban Dictionary

Generally defined only as a noun, "to poster" is the act of taking a flyer or poster and attaching it to a surface with tacks , tape, magnets, staples or other methods. Urban Dictionary

Going around town and putting posters up on poles. Tape is generally used. This is great promotion for local shows or concerts, or even businesses. GUIDELINES/RULES: - do not poster over other posters unless that event has already happened - limit it to one poster per pole (per event) - try and take your posters down once your event is over - do not use profanity or sexual content on posters - do not poster in illegal places (private property, buildings, mail boxes, etc) Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Posterity

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The word "posterity" in example sentences

After all, what we term posterity is but a drop of water in the ocean of Time. ❋ Frederick Marryat (1820)

Further, to think of organizing these papers for the sake of posterity is to think of posterity, which is the same as thinking of dying, which is different from vanity but equally unpleasant. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Her message translated as "that you should have a delightful day with your children and dearest friends, that it should be a day worthy of remembering in posterity, full of happiness, tenderness, and special memories." ❋ Unknown (2009)

Creating photographic records for posterity is not new for Highsmith. ❋ Neely Tucker (2010)

And the news business, which once took pride in what it put down for posterity, is all atwitter with tweets and insta-posts by self-appointed experts on a bazillion blogs. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But how does the Cottesloe family feel about the loss of its foothold in posterity? ❋ Michael Billington (2010)

Any writer writing for posterity is kidding him or herself. ❋ Hal Duncan (2007)

“Thy Lord drew forth their posterity from the loins of the sons of Adam;” and the commentators say that Allah stroked ❋ Unknown (2006)

Alldas. de, a site that mirrors defaced websites for posterity, is shutting down. ❋ Unknown (2002)

God shall enlarge Japheth -- pointing to a vast increase in posterity and possessions. ❋ Unknown (1871)

This terrible overthrow, reaching to posterity, is due to their crimes (Ex 20: 5, 6). ❋ Unknown (1871)

Our hold upon Mr. Lincoln was in his character as a man of positive and earnest religious convictions; and his hold upon us and upon posterity is mainly through that character. ❋ Unknown (1865)

Eugenia, to whom Bellamy instantly hastened, seeing the beast furiously make towards the gate, almost unconsciously accepted his assistance, to accelerate her flight from its vicinity; while Dr. Orkborne, intent upon his annotations, calmly wrote on, sensible there was some disturbance, but determining to evade inquiring whence it arose, till he had secured what he meant to transmit to posterity from the treachery of his memory. ❋ Unknown (1796)

The fame of Timour has pervaded the East and West: his posterity is still invested with the Imperial title; and the admiration of his subjects, who revered him almost as a deity, may be justified in some degree by the praise or confession of his bitterest enemies. ❋ Unknown (1206)

It was as if the protesters sensed they represented the "posterity" - that the Founders had envisioned when they laid the cornerstones of a democratic Republic almost 225 years earlier. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Yet it’s worth recalling his conviction that history isn’t a true measure of things, that posterity is only a proximate judgment. ❋ Unknown (2007)

In the 1930s, when English critic Cyril Connolly proposed a definition of posterity to measure whether a writer’s work had stood the test of time, he suggested that posterity should be limited to ten years. ❋ Yona Zeldis McDonough (2002)

"[Wow] [that guy] just got [posterized]!" ❋ J-la (2003)

Posterity is [synonymous] with [offspring]. ❋ Emeasoba George (2018)

(after somebody [dunks] over [Kwame Brown]) [Marv Albert]: And (insert player name) puts Kwame Brown on the poster. or simply (in a mournful voice) (player name)...........welcome to the poster ❋ Russell Baker (2008)

a) Yo man! VC just posterized the [Pistons]! [Ben Wallace], you's a poster! b) (taken from live stat tracking) 3:44 4th - G. Ostertag dunks the ball. 3:44 4th - Officials [timeout] for audience to throw up in bathroom. ❋ Uncle Ben (2004)

French center [Frederic] Weiss became the ultimate definition of [posterized] in history by [Vince Carter] of team USA in the 2000 Sydney Olympics. ❋ Smitty69 (2013)

A [user] who [authors] a "post" in an online [bulletin board]. ❋ Jonathan Corley (2004)

Damn, look at dat poster over there doin' nuttin but [postin']. Look at dat poster sitting on another poster like a [post-it note]. Man, you see that [fine ass bitch] over there sitting with her friends doing nothing but texting, ignoring guys, and gossiping. Yeah, don't talk to her she's a poster. ❋ Sonnybun (2010)

John: [POSTER]? Jim: [nope] [Jake]: POSTER Jack: ok ❋ Fredy (2005)

DANG [YA'LL] ! Can you believe [Fritz] has been postering [Austin Texas] for over 20 years? ❋ Motorblade (2009)

"[Hey guys], [let's go] postering!" ❋ Postering (2007)

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