Synonyms for generation
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : jen-uh-rey-shuh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌdʒɛn əˈreɪ ʃən |
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Définition of generation
Origin :- early 14c., "body of individuals born about the same period" (usually 30 years), from Old French generacion (12c.) and directly from Latin generationem (nominative generatio) "generating, generation," noun of action from past participle stem of generare "bring forth" (see genus). Meanings "act or process of procreation," "process of being formed," "offspring of the same parent" are late 14c.
- Generation gap first recorded 1967; generation x is 1991, from Douglas Coupland book of that name; generation y attested by 1994. Related: Generational. Adjectival phrase first-generation, second-generation, etc. with reference to U.S. immigrants is from 1896.
- noun creation, production
- noun era; age group
- And the generation born after the Second World War has come of age.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- For not only leadership is passed from generation to generation, but so is stewardship.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- It was a gospel that had to be preached with tears and beseechings from one generation to another.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- For Gerald Raymount, it made a man of him—which he is not who is of no service to his generation.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- In the course of a generation he had become an established institution.
- Extract from : « Handel » by Edward J. Dent
- Doubtless posterity has acquired a better city by the calamity of that generation.
- Extract from : « Old News » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Dear old Dr. Rathbone, wise in his generation and big of heart!
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- Yet who can be to the present generation even what Scott has been to the past?
- Extract from : « P.'s Correspondence (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- The trouble of one generation of scientists may be turned to the honour and service of the next.
- Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
- One would have said he belonged to the generation before his brother.
- Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
Antonyms for generation
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