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generation

Definition for generation

noun as in creation, production

noun as in age group

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cohort, contemporaries, peers

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age, crop, microgeneration

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baby boomers, Beat Generation, boomers, Gen X, Gen Y, Gen Z, Generation A, Generation X, Generation Y, Generation Z, Lost Generation, Millennials, sandwich generation, Silent Generation, Xennials

noun as in period of time between age groups

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day, era, period, time

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decades, epoch, years

Weak match

stage

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Example Sentences

I watched SNL—the Eddie Murphy generation—and also SCTV with Rick Moranis.

A place that has multiplied success for generation after generation of its children.

This was a guy from the hip-hop generation and with a perspective that was inextricably linked to that generation.

Or will we simply see more senseless bloodshed and another generation of Palestinians defer their dreams of a homeland?

Changing public opinion, of course, will be the work of a generation or maybe two, but kudos to Stewart for getting it started.

The memory of him shall not depart away, and his name shall be in request from generation to generation.

Their bodies are buried in peace, and their name liveth unto generation and generation.

"All right, Pater," you would say, and leave the matter in the hands of the elder generation.

For the adult generation of to-day many things are no longer possible.

She thought that the elder members of the family could discuss life more freely unhampered by the younger generation.

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On this page you'll find 54 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to generation, such as: bearing, breeding, formation, genesis, origination, and procreation.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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