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Definition of Offspring
1. Noun. The immediate descendants of a person. "He died without issue"
Specialized synonyms: Baby, Bastard, By-blow, Illegitimate, Illegitimate Child, Love Child, Whoreson, Child, Kid, Eldest, Firstborn, Grandchild, Heir, Successor
Generic synonyms: Relation, Relative
2. Noun. Something that comes into existence as a result. "This skyscraper is the solid materialization of his efforts"
Generic synonyms: Consequence, Effect, Event, Issue, Outcome, Result, Upshot
Derivative terms: Materialise, Materialize
3. Noun. Any immature animal.
Generic synonyms: Animal, Animate Being, Beast, Brute, Creature, Fauna
Specialized synonyms: Hatchling, Orphan, Young Mammal, Young Bird, Spat, Young Fish
Definition of Offspring
1. n.sing. & pl. The act of production; generation.
Definition of Offspring
1. Noun. A person's daughter(s) and/or son(s) ¹
2. Noun. All a person's descendants, including further generations ¹
3. Noun. An animal or plant's progeny, known as young ¹
4. Noun. (figuratively) Another produce, result of an entity's efforts ¹
5. Noun. (computing) A process launched by another process ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Offspring
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Offspring
Literary usage of Offspring
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"These may be ranged in the following classes: (1) Natural illegitimates, or the
offspring of parents who at the time of the birth or conception of such ..."
2. The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection: Or, The Preservation of by Charles Darwin (1900)
"The subject is in many ways important for us, more especially as the sterility
of species when first crossed, and that of their hybrid offspring, ..."
3. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"With a better understanding of the laws of inheritance that determine the characters
of offspring from unlike parents, it is practicable in a genus like ..."
4. The Origin and Development of the Moral Ideas by Edward Westermarck (1906)
"Savage men are commonly supposed to be very indifferent towards their offspring ;
but a detailed study of facts leads us to a different conclusion. ..."
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