generation
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age
Types & categories
- people hypernym
- youth culture hyponym
- peer group hyponym
Related & opposite
- generational derivation
Sense 2 noun
group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent
Types & categories
- biological group hypernym
- posterity hyponym
- baby boom hyponym
- generation X hyponym
Related & opposite
- sire derivation
- generational derivation
Sense 3 noun
the normal time between successive generations
they had to wait a generation for that prejudice to fade
Types & categories
- period hypernym
Sense 4 noun
a stage of technological development or innovation
the third generation of computers
Types & categories
- stage hypernym
Related & opposite
- generate derivation
- generational derivation
Sense 5 noun
a coming into being
Types & categories
- beginning hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 6 noun
the production of heat or electricity
dams were built for the generation of electricity
Types & categories
- production hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 7 noun
the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production
Types & categories
- procreation hypernym
- biogeny hyponym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | generational |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | people |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | youth culture |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | peer group |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sire |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | generational |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | biological group |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | posterity |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | baby boom |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | generation X |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | period |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | generate |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | generational |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | stage |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | sire |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | generate |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | beginning |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | generate |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | generate |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | production |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | sire |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | procreate |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | propagate |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | propagate |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | multiply |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | propagate |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | procreation |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | biogeny |