pre-generation

gen·er·a·tion

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Definitions of pre-generation word

noun pre-generation the entire body of individuals born and living at about the same time: the postwar generation. 1
noun pre-generation the term of years, roughly 30 among human beings, accepted as the average period between the birth of parents and the birth of their offspring. 1
noun pre-generation a group of individuals, most of whom are the same approximate age, having similar ideas, problems, attitudes, etc. Compare Beat Generation, Lost Generation. 1
noun pre-generation a group of individuals belonging to a specific category at the same time: Chaplin belonged to the generation of silent-screen stars. 1
noun pre-generation a single step in natural descent, as of human beings, animals, or plants. 1
noun pre-generation a form, type, class, etc., of objects existing at the same time and having many similarities or developed from a common model or ancestor (often used in combination): a new generation of anticancer drugs; a third-generation phone. 1

before 1250

One of the 11% oldest English words

1250-1300; Middle English generacioun < Middle French < Latin generātiōn- (stem of generātiō). See generate, -ion

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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