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

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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The National Autistic Society said diagnostic criteria had been "shaped around stereotypical 'male' presentations of autism" meaning "a generation of women" had lost out.

From BBC

Perhaps Safdie isn’t trying to do anything more than introduce a new generation to Kerr, and throw out some feeble, last-minute ideas about the ephemerality of violent sports glory, as the film’s ending would suggest.

From Salon

For more than a century it has entertained generations of families with its mixture of classic rides and nostalgic arcades.

From BBC

Few queer generations in human history have ever been born, lived and died with the same set of rights.

From Salon

"I've been there when the road was paved and I've been here today when it's pretty much paved for the next generation."

From BBC

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

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