Definition of Offspring

1. Noun. The immediate descendants of a person. "He died without issue"


2. Noun. Something that comes into existence as a result. "This skyscraper is the solid materialization of his efforts"
Exact synonyms: Materialisation, Materialization
Generic synonyms: Consequence, Effect, Event, Issue, Outcome, Result, Upshot
Derivative terms: Materialise, Materialize

3. Noun. Any immature animal.
Exact synonyms: Young
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

offside trap
offside traps
offsider
offsiders
offsides
offsite
offski
offskip
offskips
offslip
offsmite
offspeed
offspinner
offspinners
offsplit
offspring (current term)
offsprings
offstage
offstages
offstand
offstanding
offstood
offsuit
offtake
offtakes
offtrack
offwing
offworlder
offworlders
offy

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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