Term Gallery logo

Meanings of successive generations in English

We have no meanings for "successive generations" in our records yet.
Usage of successive generations in English
1
The changing wisdom of successive generations discards ideas, questions facts, demolishes theories.
The Nigger Of The "Narcissus": A Tale Of The Forecastle
2
We also observed the stable transmission of the protomutation through successive generations.
Pubmed
3
Our forest fortune has been thoughtlessly squandered by successive generations of spendthrifts.
The School Book of Forestry
4
In successive generations, a distinct phenotypic change was also observed by continuous mating.
Pubmed
5
These mounds of the Kasr have suffered by successive generations of brick getters.
A Dweller in Mesopotamia / Being the Adventures of an Official A...
6
Well, remember that it suits successive generations at their enthusiastic stage.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 46, August, 1861 / A Magazi...
7
The successive generations of men, are days in this man's life.
The Roman and the Teuton / A Series of Lectures delivered before...
8
We observed a lower age of onset in successive generations.
Pubmed
9
Two families have won Oscars for three directly successive generations.
The Irish Times
10
Why did that character register so strongly with successive generations?
The Irish Times
11
This is the first reported instance of trisomy 9p occurring in two successive generations.
Pubmed
12
His unaffected goodness has made him dear to successive generations.
Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism
13
There happen to be three Lord Claud Hamiltons living now, of three successive generations.
The Days Before Yesterday
14
Instead, the full annual trek is covered by successive generations.
BBC
15
Part of the secret lies in the continuity maintained by successive generations of Jaguars.
The Irish Times
16
The variability, however, in the successive generations of mongrels is, perhaps, greater than in hybrids.
The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection / Or, the Pr...
This collocation consists of:
Successive generations through the time
Successive generations across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common