Generation and Past

Generation

Generation noun - Group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent.

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Past and generation are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Past" instead a noun "Generation".

Past noun - The events or experience of former times.

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Generation and past are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Generation" instead a noun "Past".

human	human generation	human past
full	full generation	full past
present	present generation	present past
future	future generation	future past
Other adjectives: true, actual, entire, new, possible, different, recent.

In the series finale, this is taken a step further by calling on the powers of not only their past family members, but also their children from a future generation.

Source: Combined Energy Attack
In the Series Finale of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Captain Picard is living in three alternate timelines, one in his past, one in his present, and one in his future, at the same time, and has to use information gathered in certain timelines to aid others.

Source: One Character, Multiple Lives
By the time she is awoken, an entire generation has gone past and she resigns herself to never seeing her husband again.

Source: Star-Crossed Lovers

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Past or Generation. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/generation/past.

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