Class
Class noun - One of the units into which a whole is divided on the basis of a common characteristic.
Usage example: a new class of wireless devices that could be used for Internet access as well as personal communication
Generation and class are semantically related in species topic. In some cases you can use "Generation" instead a noun "Class".
Generation
Generation noun - Group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent.
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Synonyms for Generation
Class and generation are semantically related in range topic. Sometimes you can use "Class" instead a noun "Generation".
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| old | old class | old generation |
| full | full class | full generation |
| low | low class | low generation |
| particular | particular class | particular generation |
| Other adjectives: middle, certain, current, original, single, powerful, actual, entire, male, wrong, lower, new, final, worst, last, different, previous, weakest. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Pamela was the only non famous sister; in private, she seems to have been a typical Tory (albeit a bit more racist than was acceptable even for a conservative of her class and generation).
Source: Sibling Yin-Yang - In the DVD making of documentary it stated he was actually copying co-star Omar Sharif's real refined Egyptian accent.note The reason the accent sounds so British is that Egyptians of Sharif's class and generation typically learned English quite young at British schools.
- Rifts has the Ascended Glitter Boy character class, which is a Gitter Boy pilot whose power armor suit has been handed down generation after generation since the Time of Man.
Source: Ancestral Weapon
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