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Definition generation in British English

generation noun

noun
/ˌdʒenəˈreɪʃ(ə)n/
1

a group of people in society who are born and live around the same time

Example

The site was preserved as a monument for future generations.

Example

People retiring today are wealthier than the previous generation.

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Example

His work has been rediscovered by a younger generation of artists.

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Generations of schoolchildren have sat at these desks.

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2

all the members of a family who are of a similar age and whose parents are of a similar age

Example

My mother was the only one in her generation to go to university.

Example

The novel is about several generations of a French family.

2.1

the number of years that usually pass between the birth of a person and the birth of that person's children

Example

Within a generation, the family had lost all its wealth.

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3

a group of products that were made at about the same time, intended as an improvement on those that came before them

Example

a new generation of mobile phones

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4

the process of producing something

Example

cheap electricity generation

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Definition generation in British English