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generation

noun /dʒɛnəreɪʃən/ 4 syllables 10 letters Scrabble 11 WWF 14
Definitions
noun

a coming into being

noun

the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production

noun

all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age

noun

a stage of technological development or innovation

“the third generation of computers”

noun

group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent

noun

the normal time between successive generations

“they had to wait a generation for that prejudice to fade”

noun

the production of heat or electricity

“dams were built for the generation of electricity”

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