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AWL Sublist 5 · Academic Word
generation
/ˌdʒenəˈreɪʃən/ Syllables: gen·er·ˈa·tion
English Illustration
Arabic Translation & Context
Synonyms & Antonyms
All people born around the same time, or the act of producing something.
Synonyms
cohort
production
creation
Antonyms
None available
Translations
generation in Arabic
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Arabic Meaning
جيل، توليد
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Easy Explanation (Arabic)
مجموعة من الناس ولدوا في نفس الفترة الزمنية، أو عملية إنتاج شيء ما.
Easy Explanation
Plain English Breakdown
Generation can mean a birth cohort or the act of producing something. Generational differences often appear in social science survey research.
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Memory TipGenerate plus -tion — the act of producing or a cohort produced in time.
Contextual Examples
How to use in a sentence
The sociology paper compares educational attainment across generation cohorts in the national census.
Efficient power generation remains a central topic in the renewable energy engineering curriculum.
Automated workflows speed up generation of transcripts from recorded interviews in qualitative projects.
Word Families & Pronunciation
generation
| PART OF SPEECH | FORM |
|---|---|
| noun | generations |
| adjective | generational |
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