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- 1. a person's child or children: "the offspring of middle-class parents" Similar
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noun [ C ] uk / ˈɒf.sprɪŋ / us / ˈɑːf.sprɪŋ / plural offspring. Add to word list. C2. the young of an animal: In the case of the guinea pig, the number of offspring varies between two and five. C2 humorous or formal. a person's children: Tom's sister came over on Saturday with all her offspring. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples.
noun. off· spring ˈȯf-ˌspriŋ. plural offspring also offsprings. Synonyms of offspring. 1. a. : the product of the reproductive processes of a person, animal, or plant : young, progeny. The disease can be transmitted from parent to offspring. b. : the immediate descendant of a person or animal : an individual born of a parent.
Meaning of offspring in English. offspring. noun [ C ] us / ˈɑːf.sprɪŋ / uk / ˈɒf.sprɪŋ / plural offspring. Add to word list. C2. the young of an animal: In the case of the guinea pig, the number of offspring varies between two and five. C2 humorous or formal. a person's children: Tom's sister came over on Saturday with all her offspring.
noun. , plural off·spring, off·springs. children or young of a particular parent or progenitor. a child or animal in relation to the parent or parents. a descendant. descendants collectively. the product, result, or effect of something: the offspring of an inventive mind. offspring. / ˈɒfˌsprɪŋ / noun.
noun. the immediate descendants of a person or organism. “she was the mother of many offspring ” synonyms: issue, progeny. see more. noun. something that comes into existence as a result. “industrialism prepared the way for acceptance of the French Revolution's various socialistic offspring ” synonyms: materialisation, materialization. see more.
Definition of 'offspring' Word Frequency. offspring. (ɒfsprɪŋ , US ɔːf- ) Word forms: plural offspring. countable noun [oft with poss] You can refer to a person's children or to an animal's young as their offspring. [formal] Eleanor was now less anxious about her offspring than she had once been.
1. The organism or organisms resulting from sexual or asexual reproduction. 2. A child or children of a parent or parents: the offspring of Zeus and Leto. 3. The result or product of something: "the glaciers, the offspring of the gentle snow" (John Muir). [Middle English ofspring, from Old English : of, off; see off + springan, to rise .]
offspring. noun. /ˈɔfsprɪŋ/ , /ˈɑfsprɪŋ/ (pl. offspring) (formal or ) (humorous) a child of a particular person or couple the problems parents have with their teenage offspring to produce/raise offspring. Join us. Join our community to access the latest language learning and assessment tips from Oxford University Press!
OFFSPRING definition: the child of a person or animal: . Learn more.
offspring meaning, definition, what is offspring: someone’s child or children – often used...: Learn more.
