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generation



noun
1. all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age (Freq. 8)
Syn:
coevals, contemporaries
Derivationally related forms:
generational
Hypernyms:
people
Hyponyms:
youth culture, peer group
2. group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent (Freq. 7)
Derivationally related forms:
generational, generate
Hypernyms:
biological group
Hyponyms:
posterity, baby boom, baby-boom generation, generation X, gen X
3. the normal time between successive generations (Freq. 6)
- they had to wait a generation for that prejudice to fade
Hypernyms:
time period, period of time, period
4. a stage of technological development or innovation
- the third generation of computers
Derivationally related forms:
generational, generate
Hypernyms:
phase, stage
5. a coming into being
Syn:
genesis
Derivationally related forms:
generate
Hypernyms:
beginning
6. the production of heat or electricity
- dams were built for the generation of electricity
Derivationally related forms:
generate
Hypernyms:
production
7. the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production
Syn:
multiplication, propagation
Derivationally related forms:
propagate (for: propagation), multiply (for: multiplication), generate
Hypernyms:
reproduction, procreation, breeding, facts of life
Hyponyms:
biogenesis, biogeny

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