Generation

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Generation in the 1717 English Dictionary

English

Etymology

Generation in the Oxford English Dictionary

From Anglo-Norman

generacioun, Middle French generacion, and their source, Latin generātiō, from generāre, present active infinitive of generō ‎(“to beget, generate”). Compare generate.

Pronunciation

• /ˌdʒɛnəˈɹeɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

generation ‎(plural generations)

1. The fact of creating something, or bringing something into being; production, creation. [from 14th c.]
2. The act of creating a living creature or organism; procreation. [from 14th c.]
3. (now US regional) Race, family; breed. [from 14th c.]
4. 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. [from 14th c.]

   This is the book of the generations of Adam - Genesis 5:1

   Ye shall remain there [in Babylon] many years, and for a long season, namely, seven generations - Baruch 6:3

   All generations and ages of the Christian church - Richard Hooker

5. obsolete Descendants, progeny; offspring. [15th-19th c.]
6. 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. Template:Defdate
7. A set stage in the development of computing or of a specific technology. Template:Defdate
8. (geometry) 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; as, the generation of a line or curve by the motion of a point, of a surface by a line, a sphere by a semicircle, etc.
9. A specific age range in which each person in that range can relate culturally to one another.

   Generation X grew up in the eighties, whereas the generation known as the millennials grew up in the nineties.

10. A version of a form of pop culture which differs from later or earlier versions.

    People sometimes dispute which generation of Star Trek is best, including the original and The Next Generation.

Derived terms

• first-generation
• generationer
• second-generation

Related terms

• generation gap
• generation loss

Related terms

• generate

External links

Anagrams

• renegation

Related terms

• generera
• generationsväxling
• ungdomsgeneration

Webster's 1828

Generation

GENERA'TION, noun The act of begetting; procreation, as of animals.

1. Production; formation; as the generation of sounds or of curves or equations.

2. A single succession in natural descent, as the children of the same parents; hence, an age. Thus we say, the third, the fourth, or the tenth generation Genesis 15:16.

3. The people of the same period, or living at the same time.

O faithless and perverse generation Luke 9:41.

4. Genealogy; a series of children or descendants from the same stock.

This is the book of the generations of Adam. Genesis 5:1.

5. A family; a race.

6. Progeny; offspring.