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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

  • (..) all of you for coming on... what I'm sure will be a landmark day for Apex Communications. Today... we begin official use... of a new generation of communication technology. Okay. We're clear by now. You want the honors? Okay, Porter. (..)
    2002 Shark Attack 3: Megalodon