nnoun.groupall the people living at the same time or of approximately the same ageSynset:coevals contemporaries
Derivationally Related Form:generational
Hypernyms:people
Inherited Hypernyms:coevalspeoplegroupabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:peer groupyouth culture
Full Hyponyms:beat generationflower peoplehip-hopmodspeer grouppunksrastafarirockersskinheadsteddy boysyouth cultureyouth subculture
nnoun.groupgroup of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descentDerivationally Related Form:generationalgenerate
Hypernyms:biological group
Inherited Hypernyms:generationbiological groupgroupabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:baby-boom generationbaby boomgen Xgeneration Xposterity
Full Hyponyms:baby boomgeneration xposterity
nnoun.timethe normal time between successive generationsExamples:- they had to wait a generation for that prejudice to fade
Hypernyms:period period of time time period
Inherited Hypernyms:generationtime periodfundamental quantitymeasureabstractionentity
nnoun.timea stage of technological development or innovationExamples:- the third generation of computers
Derivationally Related Form:generationalgenerate
Hypernyms:phase stage
Inherited Hypernyms:generationphasetime periodfundamental quantitymeasureabstractionentity
nnoun.eventa coming into beingSynset:genesis
Derivationally Related Form:generate
Hypernyms:beginning
Inherited Hypernyms:genesisbeginninghappeningeventpsychological featureabstractionentity
nnoun.actthe production of heat or electricityExamples:- dams were built for the generation of electricity
Derivationally Related Form:generate
Hypernyms:production
Inherited Hypernyms:generationproductionindustrycommercial enterprisecommercetransactiongroup actionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Inherited Hypernyms:generationproductionindustrycommercial enterprisecommercetransactiongroup actioneventpsychological featureabstractionentity
nnoun.actthe act of producing offspring or multiplying by such productionSynset:multiplication propagation
Derivationally Related Form:propagatemultiplygenerate
Hypernyms:breeding facts of life procreation reproduction
Inherited Hypernyms:generationreproductionsexual activitybodily processorganic processprocessphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:biogenesisbiogeny