posterity | meaning of posterity in Longman Dictionary of ...

posteritypos‧ter‧i‧ty /pɒˈsterəti $ pɑː-/ noun [uncountable] formal ; FUTUREall the people in the future who will be alive after you are deadpreserve/record/keep ... posterityFromLongmanDictionaryofContemporaryEnglishposteritypos‧ter‧i‧ty/pɒˈsterəti$pɑː-/noun[uncountable]formal    FUTUREallthepeopleinthefuturewhowillbealiveafteryouaredeadpreserve/record/keepetcsomethingforposterity  apricelessworkofartthatmustbekeptforposterityExamplesfromtheCorpusposterity•ItishardtoknownowwhetherEdenwasreallybeingserious,ormerelyprotectinghimselfforposterity.•Notonlywouldthatfurtherdamagehisimageforposterity.•ItsohappensthatParrhasioscomposedhisownreviewforposterity,namelytheepitaphinscribedonhistombstone.•Ifyouwantyourhandwrittenwordsofwisdomsavedforposterityusequalitypaperandpermanentink.•Perhapsshesimplywantedtohearherselfperform,unlessofcourseshehopedtoleaveposterityanexampleofherplaying.•SuchapleasureIhopeisbeforeusandourposterityundertheinfluenceofthenewgovernment...•Onecanimaginethemforthrightlyshakinghandsandcongratulatingandthankingeachother,butthewordsarelosttoposterity.preserve/record/keepetcsomethingforposterity•ThiswiseprecautionpreservedtheGardenforposterity.•AllV-Discsweretobedestroyedafterthewar,buttheSmithsoniankeptasetforposterity,thankfully. Exercises Exercises Vocabularyexerciseshelpyoutolearnsynonyms,collocationsandidioms. IntermediateandAdvancedlevelgrammarpracticewithprogresstests. Listeningandpronunciation,exampreparationandmore! Picturesoftheday Whatarethese? Clickonthepicturestocheck. Exploretopics Archaeology Cooking Pets Physics Seealltopics Wordoftheday rot todecaybyagradualnaturalprocess,ortomakesomethingdothis