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multigenerational

multigenerational adjective: of, pertaining to, or affecting multiple generations; multigeneration.

Adjective

multigenerational (comparative more multigenerational, superlative most multigenerational)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or affecting multiple generations; multigeneration.
    • The sons and daughters in a multigenerational household go to work while the grandparents watch the grandchildren. That arrangement of family life is much more resilient to economic hardship.
    • The point, Goldstein discovered through a lot of long days hanging out in parking lots, is that tailgating — the gustatory madness, the multigenerational camaraderie, the decked-out vans — is as essential a part of football as the game itself.2013 September 29, Ken Belson, “The Tailgate Experience, British Style”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 08 Dec 2021

Forms of multigenerational

comparativemore multigenerational
superlativemost multigenerational

Origin of multigenerational

From multi- + generational.

Questions about multigenerational

What does multigenerational mean?
Multigenerational means of, pertaining to, or affecting multiple generations; multigeneration.
What part of speech is multigenerational?
Multigenerational is an adjective.

Words near multigenerational in the dictionary

  1. multigene
  2. multigene families
  3. multigene family
  4. multigenerate
  5. multigeneration
  6. multigenerational
  7. multigenerationally
  8. multigeneric
  9. multigenerically
  10. multigenerous
  11. multigenes

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