Generation (Noun)
Meaning 1
The production of heat or electricity; "dams were built for the generation of electricity".
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Nouns denoting acts or actions.
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Meaning 2
All the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age.
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Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
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Meaning 3
The normal time between successive generations; "they had to wait a generation for that prejudice to fade".
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Nouns denoting time and temporal relations.
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Meaning 4
A coming into being.
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Nouns denoting natural events.
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Meaning 5
Group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent.
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Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
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Meaning 6
A stage of technological development or innovation; "the third generation of computers".
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Nouns denoting time and temporal relations.
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Meaning 7
The act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production.
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Nouns denoting acts or actions.