noun
1 people/period of time
ADJECTIVE
▪ current , present
▪ new , younger
▪ older
▪
The older ~ preferred the traditional kind of ceremony.
▪ coming , future , later , next , rising
▪
The forest will be preserved for future ~s.
▪ earlier , former , last , past , preceding , previous
▪
These children seem to have a stronger sense of purpose than the previous ~.
▪
the wisdom of past ~s
▪ first , second , etc.
▪
The second ~ of immigrants often adopted British names.
▪
a second-generation Korean-American artist
▪ subsequent , succeeding , successive
▪
Succeeding ~s have added to the stock of stories and legends.
▪ whole
▪
The First World War slaughtered a whole ~.
▪ baby-boom , baby-boomer (= people born after the Second World War) , post-war
▪ ~ X (= people born between the early 1960s and the middle of the 1970s who seem to lack a sense of direction in life)
▪ lost
▪
a lost ~ of dropouts
VERB + GENERATION
▪ belong to
▪
people who belong to a younger ~
▪ date back , go back , stretch back
▪
a family history stretching back ~s
GENERATION + VERB
▪ grow up
▪
a ~ who grew up on fast food
GENERATION + NOUN
▪ gap
▪
I was aware of a real ~ gap between us.
PREPOSITION
▪ for a ~
▪
The consequences of the leak may not become apparent for a ~ or more.
▪ for ~s
▪
This kind of apple has been grown for ~s.
PHRASES
▪ from ~ to ~
▪
The recipe has been handed down from ~ to ~.
▪ from one ~ to the next
2 production of sth
ADJECTIVE
▪ electricity , power
▪
different methods of power ~
▪ income , revenue