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progeneration

progeneration noun: the act of begetting; propagation, bearing children, or reproduction.

Noun

progeneration (usually uncountable, plural progenerations)

  1. (usually) The act of begetting; propagation, bearing children, or reproduction.
    • The visible world itself, from whatever point of view we regard it, bears witness that it has been created for no other end than that it may serve for the progeneration, the nutrition, and the training of the human race.1896, Johan Amos Comenius, translated by Maurice Walter Keatinge, The Great Didactic of John Amos Comenius, Chapter 3

Forms of progeneration

pluralprogenerations

Origin of progeneration

Latin progeneratio.

Questions about progeneration

What does progeneration mean?
Progeneration means the act of begetting; propagation, bearing children, or reproduction.
What part of speech is progeneration?
Progeneration is a noun.
What is the plural of progeneration?
The plural of progeneration is progenerations.

Words near progeneration in the dictionary

  1. progenation
  2. progenerate
  3. progenerated
  4. progenerates
  5. progenerating
  6. progeneration
  7. progenerations
  8. progenerative
  9. progenesis
  10. progenetic
  11. progenies

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