"generation" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌʤɛnəˈreɪʃən/ Audio: en-us-generation.ogg [US] Forms: generation [singular], generations [plural]
Etymology: generate + -ation Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|generate|ation}} generate + -ation Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A generation, is all the people or things of about the same age.
    Sense id: simple-generation-en-noun-bcYO~RoJ
  2. A generation is the average time between one when group of people were born and when their children were born, roughly 20–30 years.
    Sense id: simple-generation-en-noun-VQ1T2CZA
  3. A class or type of objects usually developed from an earlier type.
    Sense id: simple-generation-en-noun-Gb7AiP2i
  4. Generation is the creation of something, often electricity.
    Sense id: simple-generation-en-noun-BQzNjCIa
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -ation
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