Word: generation
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: gen
er
a
tion
Definition: 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.
Morphemes:
Affix: generate
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To appear or occur; be generated.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: generātus
Language: la
Decoded: generatus
PoS: Participle
Meaning: produced, having been produced.
Affix: -ion
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: an action or process, or the result of an action or process
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -iō
Language: la
Decoded: -io
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form abstract nouns from verbs.