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generation

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10 lettersPronunciation /ˌd͡ʒɛnəˈɹeɪʃən/Part of speech nounSorted aeeginnortStarts with GEnds with N1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production

Word origin

Inherited from Middle English generacioun, from Anglo-Norman generacioun, Middle French generacion, and their source, Latin generātiō, from generāre (“to beget, generate”). By surface analysis, generate + -ion.

Used in a sentence

  • The generation of peat, when not completely under water, is confined to moist situations […]
  • So all things else, that nourish vitall blood, / Soone as with fury thou doest them inspire, / In generation seek to quench their inward fire.
  • Generation by Copulation (certainly) extendeth not to Plants.

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