| NOUN | group | generation, coevals, contemporaries | all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age |
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| group | generation | group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent | |
| time | generation | the normal time between successive generations | |
| time | generation | a stage of technological development or innovation | |
| event | generation, genesis | a coming into being | |
| act | generation | the production of heat or electricity | |
| act | generation, multiplication, propagation | the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production |
| Sounds | jheh.nerey'shahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | All the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age. | |
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| Synonyms | coevals, contemporaries | |
| Narrower | peer group | contemporaries of the same status |
| youth culture | young adults (a generational unit) considered as a cultural / cultural class or subculture | |
| Broader | people | (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively |
| Spanish | contemporáneos, generación | |
| Catalan | contemporanis, generació | |
| Adjectives | generational | of or relating to a generation |
| Meaning | group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent. | |
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| Narrower | baby boom, baby-boom generation | The larger / larger than expected generation in United States born shortly after World War II |
| generation X, gen X | The generation following the baby boom (especially Americans and Canadians born in the 1960s and 1970s) | |
| posterity | All future generations | |
| Broader | biological group | A group of plants or animals |
| Spanish | generación | |
| Catalan | generació | |
| Adjectives | generational | of or relating to a generation |
| Verbs | generate | make children |
| Meaning | The normal time between successive generations. | |
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| Example | "they had to wait a generation for that prejudice to fade" | |
| Broader | time period, period of time, period | An amount of time |
| Spanish | generación | |
| Catalan | generació | |
| Meaning | A stage of technological development or innovation. | |
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| Example | "the third generation of computers" | |
| Broader | phase, stage | Any distinct time period in a sequence of events |
| Adjectives | generational | of or relating to a generation |
| Verbs | generate | bring into existence |
| Meaning | A coming into being. | |
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| Synonym | genesis | |
| Broader | beginning | The event consisting of the start of something |
| Spanish | generación, génesis | |
| Verbs | generate | make children |
| generate | bring into existence | |
| Meaning | The production of heat or electricity. | |
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| Example | "dams were built for the generation of electricity" | |
| Broader | production | (economics) manufacturing or mining or growing something (usually in large quantities) for sale |
| Verbs | generate | produce (energy) |
| generate | give or supply | |
| Meaning | The act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production. | |
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| Synonyms | multiplication, propagation | |
| Narrower | biogenesis, biogeny | The production of living organisms from other living organisms |
| Broader | reproduction, procreation, breeding, facts of life | The sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring |
| Spanish | generación, multiplicación, propagación | |
| Catalan | generació, multiplicació, propagació | |
| Verbs | generate | make children |
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