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generation
English
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman generacioun, Middle French generacion, and their source, Latin gener?ti?, from gener?re, present active infinitive of gener? (“to beget, generate”). Compare generate.
Pronunciation
- (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?d???n???e???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
- Hyphenation: gen?er?a?tion
Noun
generation (countable and uncountable, plural generations)
- The act of creating something or bringing something into being; production, creation. [from 14th c.]
- 1832, Charles Lyell, Principles of Geology, II:
- The generation of peat, when not completely under water, is confined to moist situations.
- 1832, Charles Lyell, Principles of Geology, II:
- The act of creating a living creature or organism; procreation. [from 14th c.]
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.10:
- So all things else, that nourish vitall blood, / Soone as with fury thou doest them inspire, / In generation seek to quench their inward fire.
- 1626, Francis Bacon, Sylva Sylvarum:
- Generation by Copulation (certainly) extendeth not to Plants.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.10:
- (now US, dialectal) Race, family; breed. [from 14th c.]
- c. 1605, William Shakespeare, Timon of Athens, First Folio 1623, I.3:
- Thy Mothers of my generation: what's she, if I be a Dogge?
- c. 1605, William Shakespeare, Timon of Athens, First Folio 1623, I.3:
- A single step or stage in the succession of natural descent; a rank or degree in genealogy, the members of a family from the same parents, considered as a single unit. [from 14th c.]
- This is the book of the generations of Adam - Genesis 5:1
- Ye shall remain there [in Babylon] many years, and for a long season, namely, seven generations - Baruch 6:3
- All generations and ages of the Christian church - Richard Hooker
- (obsolete) Descendants, progeny; offspring. [15th-19th c.]
- The average amount of time needed for children to grow up and have children of their own, generally considered to be a period of around thirty years, used as a measure of time. [from 17th c.]
- A set stage in the development of computing or of a specific technology. [from 20th c.]
- 2009, Paul Deital, Harvey Deital and Abbey Deital, iPhone for Programmers:
- The first-generation iPhone was released in June 2007 and was an instant blockbuster success.
- 2009, Paul Deital, Harvey Deital and Abbey Deital, iPhone for Programmers:
- (geometry) The formation or production of any geometrical magnitude, as a line, a surface, a solid, by the motion, in accordance with a mathematical law, of a point or a magnitude, by the motion of a point, of a surface by a line, a sphere by a semicircle, etc.
- the generation of a line or curve
- A group of people born in a specific range of years and whose members can relate culturally to one another.
- Generation X grew up in the eighties, whereas the generation known as the millennials grew up in the nineties.
- A version of a form of pop culture which differs from later or earlier versions.
- People sometimes dispute which generation of Star Trek is best, including the original and The Next Generation.
- (television) A copy of a recording made from an earlier copy and thus further degraded in quality.
- 2014, K. G. Jackson, G. B. Townsend, TV & Video Engineer's Reference Book
- With one-inch C format or half-inch Betacam used in the component mode, quality loss through additional generations is not such a problem. In this situation, it would be usual to make the necessary alterations while re-recording onto a third generation master […]
- 2002, Keith Jack, Vladimir Tsatsoulin, Dictionary of Video and Television Technology (page 131)
- Each generation away from the original or master produces increased degradation in the image quality.
- 2014, K. G. Jackson, G. B. Townsend, TV & Video Engineer's Reference Book
Hyponyms
Derived terms
- first-generation
- generationer
- second-generation
- generation gap
- generation loss
Related terms
- generate
Translations
Further reading
- generation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- generation in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- "generation" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 140.
Anagrams
- renegation
Danish
Noun
generation c (singular definite generationen, plural indefinite generationer)
- generation (organisms or devices born or designed at the same time)
Declension
Further reading
- “generation” in Den Danske Ordbog
- “generation” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog
Middle French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin generatio.
Noun
generation f (plural generations)
- generation (procreation; begetting)
- generation (rank or degree in genealogy)
Swedish
Noun
generation c
- a generation
Declension
Related terms
- generera
- generationsväxling
- ungdomsgeneration
References
- generation in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- generation in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
generation From the web:
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- what generation is 2000
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- what generation is my ipad
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- what generation is 1999
- what generation is 1998
seed
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, US) enPR: s?d, IPA(key): /si?d/
- Rhymes: -i?d
- Homophones: cede, sede
Etymology 1
From Middle English seed, sede, side, from Old English s?d, s?d (“seed, that which is sown”), from Proto-Germanic *s?diz (“seed”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh?tis (corresponding to Proto-Germanic *s?an? (“to sow”) + *-þiz), from *seh?- (“to sow, throw”). Cognate with West Frisian sied (“seed”), Dutch zaad (“seed”), Low German Saad (“seed”), German Saat (“sowing; seed”), Icelandic sæði (“seed”), Danish sæd (“seed”), Swedish säd (“seed”), Latin satio (“seeding, time of sowing, season”). More at sow.
Alternative forms
- sede (obsolete)
Noun
seed (countable and uncountable, plural seeds)
- (countable, botany) A fertilized and ripened ovule, containing an embryonic plant.
- (countable) Any small seed-like fruit.
- (countable, agriculture) Any propagative portion of a plant which may be sown, such as true seeds, seed-like fruits, tubers, or bulbs.
- (uncountable, collective) An amount of seeds that cannot be readily counted.
- (countable) A fragment of coral.
- (uncountable) Semen.
- 1611, King James Version, Leviticus 15:16:
- And if any man's seed of copulation go out from him, then he shall wash all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the even.
- 1611, King James Version, Leviticus 15:16:
- (countable, figuratively) A precursor.
- Synonym: germ
- (countable) The initial state, condition or position of a changing, growing or developing process; the ultimate precursor in a defined chain of precursors.
- The initial position of a competitor or team in a tournament. (seed position)
- The team with the best regular season record receives the top seed in the conference tournament.
- The competitor or team occupying a given seed. (seed position)
- The rookie was a surprising top seed.
- Initialization state of a pseudorandom number generator (PRNG). (seed number)
- If you use the same seed you will get exactly the same pattern of numbers.
- Commercial message in a creative format placed on relevant sites on the Internet. (seed idea or seed message)
- The latest seed has attracted a lot of users in our online community.
- The initial position of a competitor or team in a tournament. (seed position)
- (now rare) Offspring, descendants, progeny.
- the seed of Abraham
- Race; generation; birth.
- a. 1687, Edmund Waller, To Zelinda
- Of mortal seed they were not held.
- a. 1687, Edmund Waller, To Zelinda
- A small bubble formed in imperfectly fused glass.
Usage notes
- 1-3
The common use of seed differs from the botanical use. The “seeds” of sunflowers are botanically fruits.
Hyponyms
- crack seed
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
seed (third-person singular simple present seeds, present participle seeding, simple past and past participle seeded)
- (transitive) To plant or sow an area with seeds.
- (transitive) To cover thinly with something scattered; to ornament with seedlike decorations.
- (transitive) To start; to provide, assign or determine the initial resources for, position of, state of.
- (sports, gaming) To allocate a seeding to a competitor.
- (Internet, transitive) To leave (files) available for others to download through peer-to-peer file sharing protocols (e.g. BitTorrent).
- (intransitive) To be qualified to compete, especially in a quarter-final, semi-final, or final.
- (intransitive) To produce seed.
- (intransitive) To grow to maturity.
- (slang, vulgar) To ejaculate inside the penetratee during intercourse, especially in the rectum.
Derived terms
- overseed
- self-seed
Translations
Etymology 2
see +? -d (“past tense suffix; variant of -ed”).
Verb
seed
- (dialectal) simple past tense and past participle of see
Anagrams
- EDES, dees, dese, sede
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- what seeds grow the fastest
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