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offspring

[ awf-spring, of- ]

noun

plural offspring, offsprings.
  1. children or young of a particular parent or progenitor.
  2. a child or animal in relation to the parent or parents.
  3. a descendant.
  4. descendants collectively.
  5. the product, result, or effect of something:

    the offspring of an inventive mind.



offspring

/ ˈɒˌɪŋ /

noun

  1. the immediate descendant or descendants of a person, animal, etc; progeny
  2. a product, outcome, or result
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of offspring1

First recorded before 950; Middle English; Old English ofspring; off, of 1, spring (in the sense “to descend from”)
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Example Sentences

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Other writers have assigned Holmes plenty of non-canonical family and offspring, emboldened by knowing the extent to which he is a mystery.

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It is home to longtime Korean immigrants and their offspring, but also more recently acclimated Bangladeshis, Central Americans and Oaxacans.

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A single breeding pair of sunflower stars can potentially produce thousands of offspring — many mouths to chomp down on urchins.

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And in several anonymized survey responses shared exclusively with Salon, parents didn’t bemoan their offspring as being anything close to lazy or entitled.

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The partners hope the newcomers will improve the giraffes’ genetic diversity as they breed and multiply, which Kenya Wildlife Service notes will help “ensure the robust health in their offspring.”

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