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Meaning of 'offspring' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Offspring [ n.sing. & pl.]
- The act of production; generation.
- That which is produced; a child or children; a descendant or descendants, however remote from the stock.
- Origin; lineage; family.

Meaning of 'offspring' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . offspring [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the immediate descendants of a person
Example in sentence:
  • he died without issue;
  • she was the mother of many offspring
Meaning (2):
- something that comes into existence as a result
Example in sentence:
  • industrialism prepared the way for acceptance of the French Revolution's various socialistic offspring;
  • this skyscraper is the solid materialization of his efforts

Nearby Words:

off offal offcut offence offend offendant offended offender offending offendress

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