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

  • (..) I can't marry her. She's my friend. Yeah. It'd be too weird. Well, sorry to bust your bubble, but you two turtle doves have no choice. It's a tradition... ...going back generations. Well when I'm king, that'll be the first thing to go. Not so long as I'm around. Well in that case, you're fired. (..)
    1994 The Lion King