generational English

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What does generational mean?

generational

— adjective of or relating to a generation

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Movie subtitles

It may become a generational affair.

Who'd have thought we'd be considering a generational ship when we were ordered on a three-week mission.

It's a generational thing.

Well, it must be a generational thing.

We're to survey the generational ship from Astrometrics.

You've been spending a lot of time on the generational ship.

The mighty generational ship.

You haven't explained your reasons for leaving the generational ship.

The Doctor was running generational projections on the Sick Bay computer.

I think we have a generational gap.

He said it was a generational thing.

All right, must be a generational thing.

There might be a generational gap here, I'll explain.

Generational differences.

Generational differences, if you like.

Really? You've been spending a lot of time on the generational ship. Do you recall coming into contact with any toxins?

Oh, that. The Doctor was running generational projections on the Sick Bay computer.

Enterprise became a generational ship.

But I think we could be a multi-generational political dynasty, you and I, you know?

To establish your viewpoint, as if I didn't already know it, or to demonstrate some weird cross-generational female solidarity with Cuddy?

See, so it's not generational Donna. I didn't say it, Lynn said it.

They may push it back then. It may become a generational affair.

Wearing socks and underpants and carrying a wallet into a mudbath is not a generational issue.

You know, perhaps it's just a generational thing.

There may be a generational gap here, I'll explain.

It's a generational sort of gap between us.

Maybe it's a generational thing.

So one is generational, another one is cultural, another one is. Yeah, like acquired learning skills, you know?

Well, tribal feuds tend to be generational, because the feud itself becomes a cultural identity for them.

News and current affairs

This generational change is accelerated by a third development.

To help create this future, I am focusing my second term as Secretary-General on five global imperatives - five generational opportunities to shape the world of tomorrow by the decisions we make today.

But this would be a devastating mistake of immediate, as well as inter-generational, proportions.

Sustainable development is a generational challenge, not a short-term task.

The deaths of Yasir Arafat and of Sheikh Zayd, the long-standing ruler of the United Arab Emirates, continues the generational change that began in 1999-2000, when the leaders of Jordan, Morocco, Bahrain, and Syria died in quick succession.

But it is the fourth group that underscores the relevance of generational issues in the Arab world.

But generational change need not be accompanied by economic reform and steps towards political liberalization - witness North Korea under Kim Il Sung's son, Kim Jong Il.

Without a significant increase in opportunities for political participation, including genuinely competitive elections, the chasm between a predominantly young population and a ruling elite with a narrow generational base will widen.

Given this, few would disagree that we find ourselves in a generational battle for hearts and minds that cannot be won by military means alone.

Children become trapped in a persistent generational cycle of poverty, despite the society's general affluence.

This inter-generational tracking amounts to a profound waste of human talents.

Doing so is likely to be a generational challenge.

Fundamentalist religiosity is individual and generational, a rebellion against the religion of one's parents.

While particular generational delineations are somewhat arbitrary, they reflect an important trend: the blurring of the military front and the civilian rear.

He is right in one respect: waves of terrorism tend to be generational.

But the liberation she brought to us was just one battle in the generational struggle the people of the Philippines must wage to secure their liberation from poverty, inequity and injustice.

Physical experiments revealing such trans-generational effects are impossible to conduct on humans, so historical or observational data must be used.

Moreover, a key determinant of voting behavior in the upcoming elections is likely to be generational.

That shift, in turn, clears the way for a generational change in leadership - and, more importantly, a transition to post-Oslo politics.

Resolving this generational struggle peacefully will require democratic elections within Fatah for membership of both the Revolutionary Council and the Central Committee.

With the entire Middle East undergoing a generational transformation, regional challenges cannot be addressed separately.

Roh's victory over Lee Hoi Chang signifies a generational shift in Korean politics, with the young determined to gain a freer hand in Korea's relations with the US.