generation
/ˌd͡ʒɛnəˈɹeɪʃən/
Frequency: 4.82 in modern English
Meaning
noun
The act of creating something or bringing something into being; production, creation.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A single step or stage in the succession of natural descent; a rank or degree in genealogy, the members of a family from the same parents, considered as a single unit.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The average amount of time needed for children to grow up and have children of their own, generally considered to be a period of around thirty years, used as a measure of time.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A set stage in the development of computing or of a specific technology.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The formation or production of any geometrical magnitude, as a line, a surface, a solid, by the motion, in accordance with a mathematical law, of a point or a magnitude, by the motion of a point, of a surface by a line, a sphere by a semicircle, etc.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "The generation of peat, when not completely under water, is confined to moist situations […]"
- "So all things else, that nourish vitall blood, / Soone as with fury thou doest them inspire, / In generation seek to quench their inward fire."
- "Generation by Copulation (certainly) extendeth not to Plants."
- "According to that Cabaliſticall Dogma: If Abram had not had this Letter [i.e., ה (he)] added unto his Name he had remained fruitleſſe, and without the power of generation: […] So that being ſterill before, he received the power of generation from that meaſure and manſion in the Archetype; and was made conformable unto Binah."
- "Thy Mothers of my generation: what's she, if I be a Dogge?"
- "{{RQ:KJV|passage=This is the book of the generations of Adam|Genesis|5|1}"
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: generacioun, generacion, generātiō
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌd͡ʒɛnəˈɹeɪʃən/
- British English: /ˌd͡ʒɛnəˈɹeɪʃən/
Usage
- Countable
- Uncountable
- American usage
- Obsolete