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# generation

«generation» in Mova's school dictionary: **all the people born and living at about the same time…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a generation, generations; generation — uncountable, of making power)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A generation is all the people born and living at about the same time, like children, parents or grandparents. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/generation/#m1)

2) A generation is the time it takes children to grow up and have their own children, about 25–30 years. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/generation/#m2)

3) Generation means making something, especially electricity: power generation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/generation/#m3)

4) A generation of a product is one version of it, like a new generation of phones. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/generation/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In family and history lessons, a family tree shows generations: you, your parents, grandparents and great-grandparents. In science, generation is producing electricity from wind, sun or water. In stories, a secret or a house is «passed down from generation to generation». Phrases: «younger generation», «older generation», «from generation to generation», «next generation», «electricity generation».

### examples

- Three generations of my family live in our house. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/generation/#x1)
- The recipe was passed down from generation to generation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/generation/#x2)
- My grandparents' generation didn't have mobile phones. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/generation/#x3)
- Wind farms are used for electricity generation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/generation/#x4)
- The younger generation loves video games. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/generation/#x5)
- A family tree shows four generations. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/generation/#x6)
- The new generation of tablets is faster. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/generation/#x7)
- Our generation must look after the planet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/generation/#x8)
- But the vow was broken, and for nine generations of men none of the Lambtons died in his bed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/generation/#x9)

### note

Countable for groups (generations); uncountable for making power. Verb: generate. Maths: a «generation» of 25–30 years means about three or four generations per century.

### In the corpora

- [Taming means changing a whole kind of animal over many generations, not training one animal.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/293-horses-cattle-camels-and-chickens-how-people-tamed-animals/20/)
- [China was ruled by dynasties, families passing power from parent to child, like a football club owned by one family for generations.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/9-ancient-china-dynasties-the-first-emperor-and-the-great-wall/2/)
- [At about 25 years per generation, 1,000 years is about 40 generations of parents and children.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/85-olympiad-timelines-centuries-and-which-came-first/23/)
- [Future generations are the people who will live after us; fairness includes not using up what they will need.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/47-the-environment/12/)
- [Adaptations develop over many generations, not in one animal's life.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/27-habitats-and-adaptations/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «generation» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/generation/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.