Defenition of the word generation
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Defenition of the word generation
- The production or creation of something.
- A single step or stage in the succession of natural descent.
- All of the people born and living at about the same time, regarded collectively.
- all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age
- group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent
- the normal time between successive generations; "they had to wait a generation for that prejudice to fade"
- the act of propagating
- the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production
- the production of heat or electricity; "dams were built for the generation of electricity"
- a coming into being
- a stage of technological development or innovation; "the third generation of computers"
- the production of heat or electricity
- the normal time between successive generations
- a stage of technological development or innovation
Synonyms for the word generation
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- age band
- age bracket
- age group
- coevals
- cohort
- contemporaries
- creation
- initiation
- invention
- making
- multiplication
- origination
- production
- propagation
Similar words in the generation
Hyponyms for the word generation
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- baby boom
- baby-boom generation
- biogenesis
- biogeny
- gen X
- generation X
- peer group
- posterity
- youth culture
Hypernyms for the word generation
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- amount of time
- beginning
- biological group
- breeding
- facts of life
- people
- period
- period of time
- phase
- procreation
- production
- reproduction
- stage
- time period
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