generation

gen|e|ra|tion

W2S2 [ˌdʒenəˈreıʃən] n

1.) [C also + plural verb British English]

all people of about the same age

▪ Like most of my generation, I had never known a war.

▪ In my generation the divorce rate is very high.

▪ the need to preserve the planet for future generations

generation of

▪ the post-war generation of writers

the younger/older generation

(=the younger or older people in society)

▪ The younger generation don't know what hard work is.

▪ The story has been handed down from generation to generation .

2.)

all the members of a family of about the same age

▪ Friction is common when three generations live together.

first-generation/second-generation etc

(=being a member of the first, second etc generation to live or be born in a country)

▪ first-generation immigrants

▪ a third-generation American

3.)

the average period of time between the birth of a person and the birth of that person's children

for generations

▪ Some families have lived here for generations.

▪ The country's attitude toward government is harsher than it was a generation ago.

4.)

a group of things that were developed from something else, or from which better things were developed

generation of

▪ the new generation of mobile phones

▪ the first generation of nuclear power stations

first-generation/second-generation etc

▪ second-generation computers

5.) [U]

the process of producing something or making something happen

= ↑production generation of

▪ the generation of electricity