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Synonyms for generation
ˌdʒɛn əˈreɪ ʃəngen·er·a·tion
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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
generation
Synonyms:
age, period, era, epoch, lifetime, offspring, stock, race, origination, breed, progeny, formationAntonyms:
perpetuity, eternity, immortality
Princeton's WordNet
coevals, contemporaries, generationnoun
all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age
Synonyms:
coevals, contemporaries, genesis, multiplication, propagationgenerationnoun
group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent
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genesis, coevals, contemporaries, multiplication, propagationgenerationnoun
the normal time between successive generations
"they had to wait a generation for that prejudice to fade"
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genesis, coevals, contemporaries, multiplication, propagationgenerationnoun
a stage of technological development or innovation
"the third generation of computers"
Synonyms:
genesis, coevals, contemporaries, multiplication, propagationgenesis, generationnoun
a coming into being
Synonyms:
coevals, contemporaries, genesis, multiplication, propagationgenerationnoun
the production of heat or electricity
"dams were built for the generation of electricity"
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genesis, coevals, contemporaries, multiplication, propagationgeneration, multiplication, propagationnoun
the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production
Synonyms:
genesis, multiplication, times, contemporaries, extension, propagation, coevals
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
generationnoun
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procreationgenerationnoun
Synonyms:
production, formationgenerationnoun
Synonyms:
progeny, offspring, succession of descendantsgenerationnoun
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
generationnoun
Synonyms:
procreation, reproduction, prolification, begetting, origination, production, formation
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "generation":
generating, production, generations, gen, génération, generate, gil, jill, creation, jil, jel, output, breed
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#362 | times | |
#434 | stock | |
#580 | age | |
#766 | period | |
#884 | production | |
#1477 | output | |
#1581 | race | |
#2030 | generation | |
#2335 | extension | |
#2710 | creation | |
#3965 | generate | |
#4063 | formation | |
#4173 | era | |
#4747 | lifetime | |
#6008 | gen | |
#6783 | generating | |
#7078 | genesis | |
#7484 | breed | |
#7848 | generations | |
#8359 | jill | |
#11979 | propagation | |
#12492 | offspring | |
#15482 | gil | |
#17996 | multiplication | |
#19477 | epoch | |
#23814 | jel | |
#27200 | origination | |
#29173 | progeny | |
#29887 | contemporaries | |
#36242 | jil |
How to use generation in a sentence?
In every generation there has to be some fool who will speak the truth as he sees it.
We have a generation now that was born with Internet access, who were using computers before they could walk. Hacking tools and techniques are readily accessible on the Internet and they are becoming increasingly easy to use. When you pair these two elements with the appeal of hacker culture fueled by a bit of teenage rebellion, you have a potentially volatile cocktail.
Many people respect him even though he's very young, we can see the new role of a new generation of the jihadi movement.
We're driving this very, very aggressively, we are very rapidly converting what's a complex footprint to be a very simple footprint: Everything everywhere runs on our generation two cloud infrastructure.
I do think that, even with the explosive growth in the smartwatch space, there still is an appetite for a beautiful timeless timepieces that are classics, things that can be handed down from generation to generation.
Translations for generation
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- جيلArabic
- быуынBashkir
- пакаленнеBelarusian
- поколениеBulgarian
- produkce, pokolení, generace, generováníCzech
- generation, slægtledDanish
- GenerationGerman
- dzidzimeEwe
- γενιάGreek
- generacioEsperanto
- generaciónSpanish
- نسلPersian
- tuottaminen, jälkikasvu, kehittäminen, suku, lisääntyminen, sukupolvi, jälkeläisetFinnish
- ættarliður, ættarliðFaroese
- création, générationFrench
- linn, ginealach, glùnScottish Gaelic
- xeraciónGalician
- generáció, emberöltő, nemzedék, nemzésHungarian
- սերունդ, ծնունդ, ծնում, գեներացիա, ստեղծումArmenian
- generazioneItalian
- דורHebrew
- 世代Japanese
- paaudzeLatvian
- generasjonNorwegian
- generatieDutch
- generasjonNorwegian Nynorsk
- pokolenie, wytwarzanie, generowaniePolish
- linhagem, geraçãoPortuguese
- generare, generațieRomanian
- потомство, род, поколение, формирование, генерирование, созданиеRussian
- generacija, pokolenje, поколење, покољење, генерација, pokoljenjeSerbo-Croatian
- pokolenieSlovak
- generationSwedish
- поколінняUkrainian
- ahivaedje, djermêye, fôrmaedje, djeneråcionWalloon
- 代Chinese
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