The proliferation of Internet usage has given birth to a new generation of young people.
Source: tatoeba (1963)
Generation
//ˌd͡ʒɛnəˈɹeɪʃən//
Synonyms for "generation" (93 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (19)
Strong matches (28)
Related words (46)
Related word relations
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21 entriesShowing 16 of 21 words.
Synonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
46 entriesShowing 16 of 46 words.
etymologically related_to
1 entrieshas context
2 entriesis a
6 entriesrelated to
32 entriesShowing 16 of 32 words.
Translations
250 translations across 86 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- gjeneratë noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- γενεά noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
Arabic
4 entries- جيل noun (period of around thirty years)
- جِيل noun (period of around thirty years)
- جِيل noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
- نَسْل noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
Aramaic
4 entries- דָּרָא noun (period of around thirty years)
- דָּרָא noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
- ܕܪܐ noun (period of around thirty years)
- ܕܪܐ noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
Armenian
4 entries- գեներացիա noun (act of generating or begetting; procreation)
- ծնում noun (origination by some process; formation)
- ծնում noun (act of generating or begetting; procreation)
- ծնունդ noun (origination by some process; formation)
Assamese
1 entries- চাম noun (origination by some process; formation)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- nəsil noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
- soy noun (race, kind, family)
Bashkir
2 entries- быуын noun (period of around thirty years)
- быуын noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
Belarusian
2 entries- пакале́нне noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
- пакале́ньне noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
Bhojpuri
1 entries- पीढ़ी noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
Bikol Central
1 entries- kapag-araki noun (act of generating or begetting; procreation)
Bulgarian
4 entries- зара́ждане noun (act of generating or begetting; procreation)
- образу́ване noun (origination by some process; formation)
- поколе́ние noun (period of around thirty years)
- поколе́ние noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
Burmese
1 entries- မျိုးဆက် noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
Catalan
4 entries- generació noun (origination by some process; formation)
- generació noun (act of generating or begetting; procreation)
- generació noun (period of around thirty years)
- generació noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
Cebuano
3 entries- henerasyon noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
- kaliwat noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
- kaliwatan noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
Chagatai
1 entries- نَسْل noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 世代 noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
- 代 noun (period of around thirty years)
- 代 noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
- 形成 noun (origination by some process; formation)
Czech
4 entries- generace noun (period of around thirty years)
- generace noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
- generování noun (origination by some process; formation)
- generování noun (act of generating or begetting; procreation)
Danish
2 entries- generation noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
- slægtled noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
Dari
1 entries- نَسْل noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
Dutch
2 entries- generatie noun (origination by some process; formation)
- generatie noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
Estonian
2 entries- põlvkond noun (origination by some process; formation)
- põlvkond noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
Ewe
2 entries- dzidzime noun (period of around thirty years)
- dzidzime noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
Faroese
2 entries- ættarlið noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
- ættarliður noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
Finnish
4 entries- jälkeläiset noun (that which is generated or brought forth)
- jälkikasvu noun (that which is generated or brought forth)
- kehittäminen noun (origination by some process; formation)
- lisääntyminen noun (act of generating or begetting; procreation)
French
4 entries- création noun (act of generating or begetting; procreation)
- generation noun (race, kind, family)
- génération noun (origination by some process; formation)
- génération noun (act of generating or begetting; procreation)
Galician
4 entries- xeración noun (origination by some process; formation)
- xeración noun (act of generating or begetting; procreation)
- xeración noun (period of around thirty years)
- xeración noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
Georgian
4 entries- გაჩენა noun (act of generating or begetting; procreation)
- გენერირება noun (origination by some process; formation)
- თაობა noun (period of around thirty years)
- თაობა noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
German
2 entries- Generation noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
- Geschlecht noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
Greek
2 entries- γενιά noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
- γενιά noun (race, kind, family)
Gujarati
1 entries- પેઢી noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
Hebrew
2 entries- דּוֹר noun (period of around thirty years)
- דּוֹר noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
Hindi
4 entries- नस्ल noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
- पीढ़ी noun (period of around thirty years)
- पीढ़ी noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
- पुश्त noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
Hungarian
4 entries- emberöltő noun (period of around thirty years)
- generáció noun (period of around thirty years)
- generáció noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
- nemzedék noun (period of around thirty years)
Icelandic
1 entries- kynslóð noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
Indonesian
1 entries- generasi noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
Ingrian
1 entries- polvi noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
Iranian Persian
1 entries- نَسْل noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
Italian
1 entries- generazione noun (origination by some process; formation)
Japanese
2 entries- 世代 noun (period of around thirty years)
- 世代 noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
Kazakh
1 entries- ұрпақ noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
Khiamniungan Naga
1 entries- vītāu noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
Khmer
2 entries- ជំនាន់ noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
- ញាតិ noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
Korean
2 entries- 세대 noun (period of around thirty years)
- 세대 noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- муун noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
Lao
2 entries- ສ່ຳ noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
- ຮຸ່ນ noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
Latvian
1 entries- paaudze noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
Lithuanian
1 entries- karta noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
Macedonian
4 entries- генера́ција noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
- по́томство noun (that which is generated or brought forth)
- поколе́ние noun (period of around thirty years)
- поколе́ние noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
Manchu
1 entries- ᠵᠠᠯᠠᠨ noun (period of around thirty years)
Mongolian
1 entries- үүсэл noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
Māori
4 entries- reanga noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
- whakapaparanga noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
- whakareanga noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
- whakatipuranga noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
Nanai
1 entries- дялан noun (period of around thirty years)
Northern Kurdish
3 entries- nesl noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
- nifş noun (period of around thirty years)
- nifş noun (race, kind, family)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- generasjon noun (period of around thirty years)
- generasjon noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
- generering noun (origination by some process; formation)
Norwegian Nynorsk
3 entries- generasjon noun (period of around thirty years)
- generasjon noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
- generering noun (origination by some process; formation)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- نسل noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
- گوبك noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
Pashto
1 entries- نسل noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
Plautdietsch
2 entries- Jennerazion noun (period of around thirty years)
- Jennerazion noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
Polish
4 entries- generacja noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
- generowanie noun (origination by some process; formation)
- pokolenie noun (period of around thirty years)
- pokolenie noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
Portuguese
4 entries- geração noun (origination by some process; formation)
- geração noun (act of generating or begetting; procreation)
- geração noun (period of around thirty years)
- geração noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
Quechua
1 entries- miray noun (act of generating or begetting; procreation)
Romanian
4 entries- generare noun (origination by some process; formation)
- generare noun (act of generating or begetting; procreation)
- generație noun (period of around thirty years)
- generație noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
Russian
4 entries- генера́ция noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
- генери́рование noun (origination by some process; formation)
- зарожде́ние noun (act of generating or begetting; procreation)
- поколе́ние noun (period of around thirty years)
Scottish Gaelic
4 entries- ginealach noun (period of around thirty years)
- ginealach noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
- ginealach noun (race, kind, family)
- glùn noun (period of around thirty years)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- generácija noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
- pokoljénje noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
- pokolénje noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
- генера́ција noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
Slovak
4 entries- generovanie noun (origination by some process; formation)
- generovanie noun (geometry)
- generácia noun (period of around thirty years)
- generácia noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
Slovene
1 entries- generacija noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
Somali
1 entries- jiil noun (period of around thirty years)
Spanish
4 entries- generación noun (origination by some process; formation)
- generación noun (period of around thirty years)
- generación noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
- generación noun (race, kind, family)
Swahili
1 entries- kizazi noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
Swedish
4 entries- generation noun (period of around thirty years)
- generation noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
- generering noun (origination by some process; formation)
- skapelse noun (origination by some process; formation)
Tagalog
4 entries- henerasyon noun (origination by some process; formation)
- henerasyon noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
- salinhay noun (act of generating or begetting; procreation)
- salinlahi noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
Tajik
1 entries- насл noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
Tetum
2 entries- jerasaun noun (period of around thirty years)
- jerasaun noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
Thai
4 entries- คราว noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
- ปูน noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
- รุ่น noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
- โคตร noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
Turkish
1 entries- nesil noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
Turkmen
1 entries- nesil noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
Ukrainian
1 entries- поколі́ння noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
Urdu
2 entries- نَسْل noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
- پِیڑھی noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
Uyghur
2 entries- بوغۇن noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
- نەسىل noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
Uzbek
2 entries- avlod noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
- nasl noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
Vietnamese
1 entries- thế hệ noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
Walloon
4 entries- ahivaedje noun (origination by some process; formation)
- djeneråcion noun (period of around thirty years)
- djeneråcion noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
- djermêye noun (period of around thirty years)
West-Frisian
1 entries- generaasje noun (origination by some process; formation)
Yiddish
2 entries- דור noun (period of around thirty years)
- דור noun (single step in the succession of natural descent)
Sample sentences
28 total sentences available.
You belong to the next generation.
Source: tatoeba (17636)
There are certainly inequalities in level of education even within a single generation, but there have been no visible inequities between machines and materials in recent years.
Source: tatoeba (21699)
Each generation would have to rediscover for itself the truths of the past.
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