Antonyms for generation

Grammar : Noun

Spell : jen-uh-rey-shuh n

Phonetic Transcription : ˌdʒɛn əˈreɪ ʃən

destruction

Definition of generation

Origin : early 14c., "body of individuals born about the same period" (usually 30 years), from Old French generacion (12c.) and directly from Latin generationem (nominative generatio) "generating, generation," noun of action from past participle stem of generare "bring forth" (see genus). Meanings "act or process of procreation," "process of being formed," "offspring of the same parent" are late 14c.
Generation gap first recorded 1967; generation x is 1991, from Douglas Coupland book of that name; generation y attested by 1994. Related: Generational. Adjectival phrase first-generation, second-generation, etc. with reference to U.S. immigrants is from 1896.

noun creation, production
noun era; age group

Example sentences :

And the generation born after the Second World War has come of age.
Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various

For not only leadership is passed from generation to generation, but so is stewardship.
Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various

It was a gospel that had to be preached with tears and beseechings from one generation to another.
Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King

For Gerald Raymount, it made a man of him—which he is not who is of no service to his generation.
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

In the course of a generation he had become an established institution.
Extract from : « Handel » by Edward J. Dent

Doubtless posterity has acquired a better city by the calamity of that generation.
Extract from : « Old News » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Dear old Dr. Rathbone, wise in his generation and big of heart!
Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser

Yet who can be to the present generation even what Scott has been to the past?
Extract from : « P.'s Correspondence (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

The trouble of one generation of scientists may be turned to the honour and service of the next.
Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro

One would have said he belonged to the generation before his brother.
Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown

Synonyms for generation

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