Meaning & use
Generations
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Groups of people born and living around the same time, or the successive stages of descent in a family.
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The recipe has been passed down through generations of the same family.
Three generations gathered around the table for the holiday dinner.
A note on using this word
Often used loosely to describe broad cultural cohorts, such as 'baby boomers' or 'millennials,' though the exact boundaries between generations are debated.
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