GENERATION as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production
   Synonym(s)
   • multiplication (what does multiplication mean?)
   • propagation (what does propagation mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) generation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • reproduction (what does reproduction mean?)
   • procreation (what does procreation mean?)
   • breeding (what does breeding mean?)
   • facts of life (what does facts of life mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • biogenesis (what does biogenesis mean?)
   • biogeny (what does biogeny mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • propagate (what does propagate mean?)
   • propagate (what does propagate mean?)
   • propagate (what does propagate mean?)
   • reproduce (what does reproduce mean?)
   • procreate (what does procreate mean?)
   • multiply (what does multiply mean?)
   • breed (what does breed mean?)
   • multiply (what does multiply mean?)
   • beget (what does beget mean?)
   • get (what does get mean?)
   • engender (what does engender mean?)
   • father (what does father mean?)
   • mother (what does mother mean?)
   • sire (what does sire mean?)
   • generate (what does generate mean?)
   • bring forth (what does bring forth mean?)
2. Meaning
   • the production of heat or electricity
   Usage Example(s)
   • dams were built for the generation of electricity
   Hypernyms(s) generation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • production (what does production mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • render (what does render mean?)
   • yield (what does yield mean?)
   • return (what does return mean?)
   • give (what does give mean?)
   • generate (what does generate mean?)
   • generate (what does generate mean?)
3. Meaning
   • a coming into being
   Synonym(s)
   • genesis (what does genesis mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) generation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • beginning (what does beginning mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • generate (what does generate mean?)
   • bring forth (what does bring forth mean?)
   • beget (what does beget mean?)
   • get (what does get mean?)
   • engender (what does engender mean?)
   • father (what does father mean?)
   • mother (what does mother mean?)
   • sire (what does sire mean?)
   • generate (what does generate mean?)
   • bring forth (what does bring forth mean?)
4. Meaning
   • group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent
   Hypernyms(s) generation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • biological group (what does biological group mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • posterity (what does posterity mean?)
   • baby boom (what does baby boom mean?)
   • baby-boom generation (what does baby-boom generation mean?)
   • generation X (what does generation X mean?)
   • gen X (what does gen X mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • beget (what does beget mean?)
   • get (what does get mean?)
   • engender (what does engender mean?)
   • father (what does father mean?)
   • mother (what does mother mean?)
   • sire (what does sire mean?)
   • generate (what does generate mean?)
   • bring forth (what does bring forth mean?)
5. Meaning
   • all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age
   Synonym(s)
   • coevals (what does coevals mean?)
   • contemporaries (what does contemporaries mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) generation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • people (what does people mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • youth culture (what does youth culture mean?)
   • peer group (what does peer group mean?)
6. Meaning
   • the normal time between successive generations
   Usage Example(s)
   • they had to wait a generation for that prejudice to fade
   Hypernyms(s) generation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • time period (what does time period mean?)
   • period of time (what does period of time mean?)
   • period (what does period mean?)
7. Meaning
   • a stage of technological development or innovation
   Usage Example(s)
   • the third generation of computers
   Hypernyms(s) generation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • phase (what does phase mean?)
   • stage (what does stage mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • generate (what does generate mean?)
   • bring forth (what does bring forth mean?)