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gen·er·a·tion (jen′ər ā′s̸hən)

noun

  1. the act or process of producing offspring; procreation
  2. a bringing into being; production
  3. a single stage or degree in the succession of natural descent father and son are two generations
  4. the average period (about thirty years) between the birth of one generation and that of the next
    1. all the people born and living at about the same time
    2. a group of such people with the same experience, attitude, etc. in common the computer generation
  6. any of the stages of successive improvement in the development of a product, system, etc.
  7. Geom. the formation of a curve, plane, or figure by the motion of a point, line, or plane

Etymology: ME generacioun < OFr generacion < L generatio < generatus: see generate

generation Related Forms

gen′·er·a′·tional adjective

generation Synonyms

generation

n.

  1. The act of producing

    engendering, formation, creation; see production 1.

  2. The act of producing offspring

    procreation, propagation, reproduction, breeding, bearing, spawning, bringing forth, multiplying, fructifying.

    Antonyms perishing, dying out, becoming extinct.

  3. One cycle in the succession of parents and children

    age, crop, rank, contemporaries, peers, coevals, peer group, age group.

  4. The time required for a generation, sense 3

    span, 20 to 30 years, period; see age 3.

generation Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • succeed: Archeological sites have always been built over as succeeding generations build on the remains of their predecessors.
  • inspire: Patents provide recognition and financial reward and inspire future generations of inventors.
  • educate: He's on a mission to educate new generations about properly crafted silver.
  • nurture: We are sure these initiatives will help to nurture a new generation of Festival lovers.
  • distribute: Professor Nick Jenkins is a leading expert in renewable energy, distributed generation and high power electronic systems.

Adjective modifier

  • future: How do you think future generations will view Bond?
  • next: Skills for the next generation Yet finding the right people for the right job is never easy.
  • successive: With each successive generation more people are becoming more severely depressed at a younger age.
  • renewable: These exports will continue for at least ten to fifteen years, with levels rising as new renewable generation comes on-line.
  • previous: Instead they could be retiring with a lower income from their funded pension than previous generations.
  • young: In fact, Islam asks adults to always give an example to the younger generation by keeping their promises.

Modifies a noun

gap: That's where the so-called generation gap comes in.

Noun used with modifier

  • electricity: In Britain, total emissions have fallen because electricity generation has switched from coal to gas which produces less Carbon Dioxide.
  • income: In the long term, the gardens can be used for sustainable income generation by selling part of the harvest at local markets.
  • power: The title of my thesis was The modeling of solid oxide fuel cells for power generation, ' writes Ben Todd.
  • revenue: Cameras according to this research only do one job well, revenue generation.
  • mesh: RAM: 6.5M words Keywords: General purpose, Utility, Unstructured mesh generation, Triangular mesh, Graphics User Interface.
  • energy: Changes in unit size How big should a marine energy generation device be?

Preposition: of

scholar: As this collection acknowledges, Bann's writings have ' oriented the concerns of a generation of scholars ' .

Preposition: from

renewables: Make a % generation from renewables statutory in planning policy statements.