Meaning

1 senses
  1. A disconnect between members of one generation and members of the next based on the later generation developing habits, attitudes, and preferences inconsistent with the experience of the former.

    разры́в поколенийrazrýv pokolenij

More definitions
  • a difference between the views of young people and their parents

Examples

4 sentences
  1. There is a generation gap between them.

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  2. My kids say there's a generation gap.

    Мої діти кажуть, що існує розрив поколінь.

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  3. The generation gap was the result of rapidly changing technology.

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  4. My brothers and I are separated by a large generation gap.

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Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
disconnect between generations:

Forms

plural: generation gaps
Singulargeneration gap
Pluralgeneration gaps

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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