Progeny Meaning
/ˈpɹɒd͡ʒəni/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounOffspring or descendants considered as a group.
nounDescent, lineage, ancestry.
Sentence Examples
We're laying the groundwork of a better future for ourselves and our progeny.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The successful scientist was proud of her many ____ who became researchers.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The scientist studied the ____ of the original specimens to track how traits were inherited.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English progenie, from Old French progenie, from Latin prōgeniēs, from prōgignō (“beget”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"I should premise that I use the term Struggle for Existence in a large and metaphorical sense, including dependence of one being on another, and including (which is more important) not only the life of the individual, but success in leaving progeny."
— 1859, Charles Darwin, On the Origin of Species:
"One worm on a single plate can give rise to thousands of progeny after just a week or so."
— 2020, Brandon Taylor, Real Life, Daunt Books Originals, page 88:
"Beſides, all French and France exclaimes on thee, / Doubting thy Birth and lawfull Progenie. / Who ioyn’ſt thou with, but with a Lordly Nation, / That will not truſt thee, but for profits ſake ?"
— 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii], page 109, column 1:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The successful scientist was proud of her many ____ who became researchers.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The scientist studied the ____ of the original specimens to track how traits were inherited.