generations
/ˌdʒɛnəˈɹeɪʃənz/ · noun
Meaning
- The fact of creating something, or bringing something into being; production, creation.
- The act of creating a living creature or organism; procreation.
- Race, family; breed.
- A single step or stage in the succession of natural descent; a rank or degree in genealogy, the members of a family from the same parents, considered as a single unit.
- Descendants, progeny; offspring.
- The average amount of time needed for children to grow up and have children of their own, generally considered to be a period of around thirty years, used as a measure of time.
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