GENERATION

n. 1 production, reproduction, propagation, procreation, begetting, fathering, siring In the lower animals, the generation of offspring is asexual 2 time(s), day(s), age, period, era, epoch The trait did not appear till later generations The 1950s and '60s spawned the yuppie generation of the '80s. 3 origination, creation, genesis, inception, initiation, start, beginning, institution, establishment, formation, formulation The generation of legal systems can be traced to the oldest civilizations 4 crop; age (group); contemporaries This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny He prefers to be with people of his own generation.