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   gen·er·a·tion

   /ˌjenəˈrāSH(ə)n/

   noun

   • 1. all of the people born and living at about the same time, regarded collectively: "one of his generation's finest songwriters" Similar cropbatchwavetyperange
   • ▪ the average period, generally considered to be about thirty years, during which children are born and grow up, become adults, and begin to have children of their own: "the same families have lived here for generations" Similar agesan ageyearseonsan eona long timean eternityinformal:donkey's yearsyonks
   • ▪ a set of members of a family regarded as a single step or stage in descent: "a third-generation Canadian"
   • ▪ a single stage in the development of a type of product: "a new generation of rear-engined sports cars"
   • 2. the production of something: "methods of electricity generation" Similar creationcausingcausationmakingengenderingspawningproductioninitiationoriginationinceptionoccasioningpromptingkindlingtriggeringinspirationOpposite destruction
   • ▪ the propagation of living organisms; procreation. Similar procreationreproductionpropagationbreedingfatheringsiringengenderingspawningcreationliterary:begetting

   Word Origin Middle English: via Old French from Latin generatio(n-), from the verb generare (see generate).

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2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › generationGeneration Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   The meaning of GENERATION is a body of living beings constituting a single step in the line of descent from an ancestor. How to use generation in a sentence.

3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishGENERATION | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   GENERATION definition: 1. all the people of about the same age within a society or within a particular family: 2. a…. Learn more.

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   The word generation as a group or cohort in social science signifies the entire body of individuals born and living at about the same time, most of whom are approximately the same age and have similar ideas, problems, and attitudes (e.g., Beat Generation and Lost Generation ). [5] Familial generation.

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   noun. the act or process of bringing into being; production or reproduction, esp of offspring. a successive stage in natural descent of organisms: the time between when an organism comes into being and when it reproduces. the individuals produced at each stage.

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   A generation can refer to a group of people who live at the same time and are about the same age. But generation is also the act of creating something, such as income, ideas or kids.

7. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishGENERATION definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   A generation is all the people in a group or country who are of a similar age, especially when they are considered as having the same experiences or attitudes.

8. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › english › generationgeneration - Oxford Learner's Dictionaries

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   Definition of generation noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.