GENERATION
/ˌd͡ʒɛnəˈɹeɪʃən/ ► audio Scrabble 11 Words With Friends 14
Definition
- noun all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age.
— synonyms: coevals, contemporaries
- noun group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent.
- noun the normal time between successive generations.
- noun a stage of technological development or innovation.
- noun a coming into being.
— synonyms: genesis
- noun the production of heat or electricity.
- noun the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production.
— synonyms: multiplication, propagation
Examples
- “This is the book of the generations of Adam - Genesis 5:1”
- “the generation of a line or curve”
- “Generation X grew up in the eighties, whereas the generation known as the millennials grew up in the nineties.”
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