offspring

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

offspringoffsprings

1.
A person's daughter or son; a person's child.
We are the offspring of Italian immigrants.
2.
Any of a person's descendants, including of further generations.
3.
An animal or plant's progeny or young.
4.
(figuratively)Anything produced; the result of an entity's efforts.
Artists often treasure their works as their immortal offspring.
5.
(computing) A process launched by another process.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

binary clonedescendantfruit of one's loinsget lineage progeny seed baby child issue kid

Trái nghĩa

father genitor mother parent progenitor ancestorforbearsforebearsforefathersgenitor rare, parent, progenitor, father male, mother femaledescendants ancestors, forbears/forebears, forefathers

Cùng gốc / liên quan

offspringlesslarge offspring syndromedonor offspringgrandoffspringparent-offspring conflict

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English ofspring, from Old English ofspring (offspring, descendants, posterity), equivalent to off- + spring. Compare afspringur. More at off, spring.