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gen·er·a·tion

generation

 
 
pronunciation:
je n reI shn
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part of speech: noun
definition 1: the entire body of people who were born at roughly the same time.
Women of this generation are getting married later in life than women of the previous generation.
similar words:
contemporaries
definition 2: the time period between the birth of parents and the birth of their children, or a period roughly equal to such a time period.
This land has been owned by our family for six generations.Technology has changed a great deal in one generation.
definition 3: a level or single step in an ancestral hierarchy.
Uncles and nephews are one generation removed from each other.
 
definition 4: the group of living things or people born at a particular level or step in an ancestral hierarchy.
Brothers, sisters, and cousins are of the same generation.The estate will be inherited by the next generation of the family.Kiko and her sister Koko are the third generation of these animals born at the zoo; their ancestors arrived at the zoo a decade ago.
definition 5: in biology, the set of living beings currently at the same stage of development within a life cycle.
Each new generation of these insects became better adapted to the pesticide until it was no longer effective against them.
definition 6: the act or process of generating or creating.
These turbines are used for the generation of electricity.With the help of a microscope, it is possible to see the generation of new cells.
synonyms:
conception, creation, formation, origination, procreation, production
similar words:
development, inception, launch, start
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