Synonyms for generations
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : jen-uh-rey-shuh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌdʒɛn əˈreɪ ʃən |
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Définition of generations
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
- To all the generations before our own matter was a sheer and positive density.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- Bitterly he recalled the stain upon his family in generations gone by.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- Every one on 'em's took back as much as three generations for their noses an' tempers.
- Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown
- But the accumulated weight of generations of broken law is on our heads.
- Extract from : « Hetty's Strange History » by Anonymous
- On his father's side a pedigree of three generations can be traced.
- Extract from : « Concerning Cats » by Helen M. Winslow
- In neither his father nor his mother was there any weakness, nor in the generations before them.
- Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
- Generation by generation, down all the generations, had this fear of the Wild been stamped into their natures.
- Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
- Sell this farm, an' it's been in our family these generations past!
- Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine
- And one of the two processes or generations is visible—for surely the act of dying is visible?
- Extract from : « Phaedo » by Plato
- It will take us two generations to do it, my boy, but we'll alter the history of England.
- Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
Antonyms for generations
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