offspring

noun

ˈȯf-ˌspriŋ How to pronounce offspring (audio)
Definition of offspringnext
as in fruit
the descendants of a person, animal, or plant the racehorse's offspring all proved to be very good racers as well the couple celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary surrounded by three generations of offspring

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Recent Examples of offspring Lun Lun and Yang Yang and their two youngest offspring, Ya Lun and Xi Lun, returned to China in October 2024 after the agreement ended. — ABC News, 28 Sep. 2026 Peaches later birthed offspring ranging in color from brown to orange and blue, allowing researchers the unusual opportunity to study how these rare colorations may be inherited. — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2026 Mama Bear #284 (aka Electra) is part of a bear lineage that teaches their offspring a clever fishing style. — Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 22 Sep. 2026 Millennial mothers and fathers in the United States spend more time tending to their offspring than Gen X-ers did. — Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for offspring
Recent Examples of Synonyms for offspring
  1. fruit
  2. progeny
  3. seed
  4. child
  5. family
  6. posterity
Noun
  • Today, the resort’s Kuilima Farm grows many of the same fruits and vegetables that were cultivated as part of the traditional ahupua’a.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • The partners plan to develop 20 pilot projects over the next two to three years, supporting sustainable fishing, agriculture and fruit-processing businesses.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of fruit
Noun
  • Otherwise, genetic defects might start to crop up among the progeny and threaten their survivability.
    — Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Others criticized them for often being the progeny of Asian mothers and white fathers, as though this were somehow their fault.
    — E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of progeny
Noun
  • The chain also has a page on its website dedicated to its transition away from seed oils and its efforts to provide more natural ingredients.
    — Sadie Chafe, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Earlier this month, Corteva spun out its seed business into Vylor, with the aim of prioritizing its agricultural chemical business.
    — Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of seed
Noun
  • Unusually, adult children can (in rare cases) be liable to pay for parents’ care if the parents run out of money.
    — The Week UK, TheWeek, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Morio, already a tender and delicate soul, becomes increasingly protective of the woman carrying his child.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of child
Noun
  • The family described the teen as a fearless, curious and deeply imaginative young man with an ambitious spirit who inspired those around him.
    — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Directed by Shen Chunyang and written by Ma Duo, the satirical family feature stars real-life comedic couple Shen Chunyang and Xiao Shenyang alongside Jia Bing and Yu Yang.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of family
Noun
  • Preliterate people don’t focus on such abstractions as taking a periodic population census and recording it for posterity.
    — James Coffin, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Even as audiobooks grew in popularity in the 1980s and 1990s, most celebrities declined to record their own memoirs for posterity—and those that did often released just a few hours of material.
    — Brian Raftery, Vanity Fair, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of posterity

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