generation
/dʒɛnəˈreɪʃ(ə)n/
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- 4 syllables
- Stress
- 3rd syllable stress
- Vowel
- Schwa vowel
- Ending
- Final -tion sounds like shun
dʒɛnə - ˈreɪʃən -> generation
(n) မျိုးဆက်။
generation / dʒenǝ'reÇʃn / n
၁။ [CGp] တစ်ခေတ်တည်းတွင် မွေးဖွားသူများ။ …တို့ခေတ်။ ခေတ်၏…။ the younger generation ❍ My generation has/ have a quite different outlook from my father's and my grandfather's.
၂။ [C] အနှစ် ၂၅-၃၀ ခန့် ကာလ။ a generation ago ❍ within one generation.
၃။ [C,U] မျိုးဆက်တစ်ဆက်။ မျိုးဆက်။ Three generations were present __ myself, my mother and my grandmother. ❍ stories handed down from generation to generation ❍ a second-/ third- generation American (ie sb whose family have lived in America for two/ three generations).
၄။ (က) [ C usu sing ] သက်တူရွယ်တူ လူတစ်စု။ a new generation of opera lovers/ fashion designers. (ခ) ပစ္စည်းတစ်ခု၏ တိုးတက်လာမှု အဆင့်တစ်ဆင့်။ the new generation of airliners ❍ fifth- generation computing.
၅။ [U] ဖြစ်ပေါ်လာခြင်း။ nuclear power generation ❍ new methods of income generation ❍ the generation of racial hatred.
၆။ (biology ) သက်ရှိတို့၏ တိုးတက် ဖွံ့ဖြိုးလာမှု။ Humans and animals were thought to have arisen by spontaneous generation.
❏ the generation gap n [sing] လူကြီးနှင့်လူငယ် ခြားနား ကွာဟချက်။
- The site was preserved as a monument for future generations.
- People retiring today are wealthier than the previous generation.
- [generation of] : His work has been rediscovered by a younger generation of artists.
- Generations of schoolchildren have sat at these desks.
- My mother was the only one in her generation to go to university.
- [generation of] : The novel is about several generations of a French family.
- Within a generation, the family had lost all its wealth.
- A new generation of mobile phones
- Cheap electricity generation
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