generation, n.
(generations)
freq. cnt. 21
(generations)
freq. cnt. 21
all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age
<noun.group> freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 1
coevals contemporaries generation
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent
<noun.group> freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 7
generation
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
hyponym
the normal time between successive generations
<noun.time> freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 6
generation
sample sentences
"they had to wait a generation for that prejudice to fade"
semantic pointers
hypernym
the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
generation multiplication propagation
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
hyponym
the production of heat or electricity
<noun.act>
generation
sample sentences
"dams were built for the generation of electricity"
semantic pointers
hypernym
a coming into being
<noun.event> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3
generation genesis
a stage of technological development or innovation
<noun.time>
generation
sample sentences
"the third generation of computers"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym