all the people born and living at about the same time, considered as a group
People of my generation often remember life before smartphones.
The younger generation is more concerned about climate change.
each stage in a family line, measured from parent to child
My family has lived in this village for five generations.
She is the third generation of doctors in her family.
a particular stage in the development of a product, technology, or idea
This is the latest generation of smartphone with a folding screen.
Second-generation vaccines show fewer side effects.
