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generation*/*/*/
[ˌdʒenəˈreɪʃ(ə)n]
noun
1) [C] all the people, a group of people, or the members of a family who are born and live around the same time
The site was preserved as a monument for future generations.[/ex]
Many people from her generation still remember the war.[/ex]
a candidate that appeals mainly to the older/younger generation (= the people in society at a particular time who are old or young)[/ex]
Generations of schoolchildren have sat at these desks.[/ex]
2) [C] the number of years that usually pass between someone's birth and the birth of their children
Within a generation, the family had lost all its wealth.[/ex]
3) [C] a group of products that were made at about the same time
a new generation of mobile phones[/ex]
4) [U] the process of producing something
cheap electricity generation[/ex]

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