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generation

ge·ne·ra·tion

US/ˌd͡ʒɛnəˈɹeɪʃən/ common us

noun

1.

all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age

2.

group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent

3.

the normal time between successive generations

  • “they had to wait a generation for that prejudice to fade”
4.

a stage of technological development or innovation

  • “the third generation of computers”
5.

a coming into being

Synonyms
6.

the production of heat or electricity

  • “dams were built for the generation of electricity”
7.

the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production

Phrases

  • 1.5 generation
  • beat generation
  • generation effect
  • generation gap
  • generation loss
  • generation ship
  • generation time
  • generation to generation

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