generation
The act of creating something or bringing something into being; production, creation.
Noun 4 meanings
The act of creating something or bringing something into being; production, creation.
The act of creating a living creature or organism; procreation.
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.
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.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English generacioun, from Old French generacion, and its etymon Latin generātiō, from generāre (“to beget, generate”). By surface analysis, generate + -ion.
GENERATION at a glance
GENERATION has 10 letters and scores 11 points in Scrabble (G 2 + E 1 + N 1 + E 1 + R 1 + A 1 + T 1 + I 1 + O 1 + N 1) and 14 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,556 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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