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Generation Noun Synonyms
origination, creation, genesis, inception, initiation, start, beginning, institution, establishment, formation, formulation
The generation of legal systems can be traced to the oldest civilizations.

crop, age (group), contemporaries
This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny. He prefers to be with people of his own generation.

Generation Verb Synonyms
time(s), day(s), age, period, era, epoch
The trait did not appear till later generations. The 1950s and '60s spawned the yuppie generation of the '80s.

production, reproduction, propagation, procreation, begetting, fathering, siring
In the lower animals, the generation of offspring is asexual.

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Lost Generation

Entertainment / Literature / Lost Generation: A group of twentieth-century authors who grew disillusioned after World War I and lived in Europe as expatriates. Ernest Hemingway is one of the more famous members of the Lost Generation. MORE

Second-Generation Teacher

Health / Pilates / Second-Generation Teacher: Refers to any teacher of Pilates who has learned the Method directly under one of Joseph Pilates' original students, known as 'first-generation teachers.' For example, Jillian Hessel is a second-gener MORE

First-Generation Teacher

Health / Pilates / First-Generation Teacher: Refers to any teacher of Pilates who learned the Method directly under Joseph Pilates. Some of the most notable include Kathy Grant, Carola Trier, Ron Fletcher, Eve Gentry, Romana Kryzanowska, Mary Bo MORE

Third Generation (3G)

Technology / Cell Phones / Third Generation (3G): A new wireless standard promising increased capacity and high-speed data applications up to two megabits. Third generation wireless employ wideband frequency carriers and a CDMA air interface. Network MORE

Filial Generation (F1-F2)

Science / Genetics / Filial Generation (F1-F2): Each generation of offspring in a breeding program, designated f1, f2, etc. MORE

Generation I

Business / Human Resources (HR) / Generation I: The term used to describe children born after 1994 who are growing up in the Internet age. MORE