Meaning & Definition of Offspring in English
English⟶
Offspring
/ɔfsprɪŋ/
noun
1. The immediate descendants of a person
- "She was the mother of many offspring"
- "He died without issue"
synonym:
- offspring,
- progeny,
- issue
2. Something that comes into existence as a result
- "Industrialism prepared the way for acceptance of the french revolution's various socialistic offspring"
- "This skyscraper is the solid materialization of his efforts"
synonym:
- offspring,
- materialization,
- materialisation
3. Any immature animal
synonym:
- young,
- offspring
Examples of using
Just as it sometimes happens that deformed offspring are produced by deformed parents, and sometimes not, so the offspring produced by a female are sometimes female, sometimes not, but male, because the female is as it were a deformed male.
Some animals are producing offspring in zoos.
Parents can pass many diseases on to their offspring.