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

  • (..) What about backup? l got you, you got me. That's all the backup we need. Triple T-K-A. Time to totally kick ass! Three generations at the Bureau and l'm the first to get fired. My dad is going to kill me! Yeah? What? Who? -Copeland! -Copeland, you dick! (..)
    2004 White Chicks