generation

Definition

  • noun: a group of people born and living during the same time
  • noun: a body of living beings constituting a single step in the line of descent from an ancestor
  • synonyms: production, formation, progeny

Examples

  • ('US') The current 'generation' is changing the way things are done. = ('Brit') The current 'generation' are changing the way things are done.

  • first- and second-'generation' immigrants [=people who immigrated and their children]

  • The company claims to be developing the next 'generation' of portable computers.

Movie quotes

  • (..) us against Ramsay. Aye! The Umbers and the Karstarks have fought beside the Starks for centuries. - They've kept faith for generation after generation. - And then they broke faith. I'm not going to strip these families of their ancestral homes because of the crimes of a few reckless sons. (..)
    2017 TvShow: Game of Thrones Title: Dragonstone Season: 7 Episode 1