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from generation to generation

from generation to generation adverb: from one generation to the next, generationally.

Adverb

from generation to generation (not comparable)

  1. From one generation to the next, generationally.
    • But Iudah ſhall dwell foꝛ euer, and Ieruſalem from generation to generation.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Joel 3:20, signature Ffff2, verso
    • Therefore, I say unto you concerning my servant Vinson Knight, if he will do my will let him put stock into that house for himself, and for his generation after him, from generation to generation.1835, Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon, Doctrine and Covenants, 124:74

Questions about from generation to generation

What does from generation to generation mean?
From generation to generation means from one generation to the next, generationally.
What part of speech is from generation to generation?
From generation to generation is an adverb.

Words near from generation to generation in the dictionary

  1. from cover to cover
  2. from cradle to grave
  3. from day to day
  4. from father to son
  5. from first to last
  6. from generation to generation
  7. from goo to you by way of the zoo
  8. from good hands
  9. from hand to hand
  10. from head to toe
  11. from hell

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