Meaning & use
generation
All the people born and living around the same time, or a single stage in a family's or technology's development.
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Her grandparents' generation lived through both the Great Depression and World War II.
This new smartphone represents the fourth generation of the company's flagship product.
A note on using this word
Generation applies both to people, such as a family or age cohort, and to successive versions of technology, as in next-generation devices.
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