C2nounformalhistory
US/pɑːˈster.ə.ti/
UK/pɒsˈter.ə.ti/
all the people who will live in the future
In context
The old photographs have been digitized and saved for posterity.
Leaders often worry about how posterity will remember them.
A student filmed the whole speech on her phone for posterity.
Words that go with posterity
verb + preposition
- preserved for posterityThe letters were preserved for posterity in the national archive.
- recorded for posterityEvery speech in parliament is recorded for posterity.
- saved for posterityHer recipes have been saved for posterity in a family cookbook.
- captured for posterityThe moment the wall fell was captured for posterity by hundreds of cameras.
noun + preposition
- judgment of posterityHe said he would leave his choices to the judgment of posterity.