entire generation

collocation in English

meaningsofentireandgeneration

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entire
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ɪnˈtaɪər/
us
/ɪnˈtaɪr/
whole or complete, with ...
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generation
noun
uk
/ˌdʒen.əˈreɪ.ʃən/
us
/ˌdʒen.əˈreɪ.ʃən/
all the people of about the same age within a society or within a ...
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(Definition ofentireandgenerationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Anentiregenerationhas been left to languish in those camps without anyone being concerned about those people.
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As we all know, that programme was brought mercifully to a halt at considerable cost to anentiregeneration.
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That approach was bound to fail and it has failed, conclusively, over anentiregeneration.
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Those things are blighting the lives of anentiregenerationof youngsters.
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It is hardly an exaggeration to say that the chances of anentiregenerationof children are being blasted.
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It signalled the defeat of anentiregeneration.
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Anentiregenerationof scholars, extended geographical investigation and two decades of ever-expanding research later, it is sadly outdated.
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The young restricted speakers are accountable for only one innovation, but theentiregenerationratifies the nine changes introduced by the previous generations.
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This distribution is used in one of several ways to drive generation processes, maximising the likelihood either of individual expansions or ofentiregenerationprocesses.
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As is natural, the abandonment of anentiregenerationof fighter-bomber aircraft has caused much alarm amongst the research engineers and technicians in the industry.
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If we deny them that right, we shall have lost the talent of anentiregeneration.
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These days, the figure is much lower; indeed, it has declined over thatentiregeneration.
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Virtually anentiregenerationof schoolchildren will be deprived of the opportunity to enjoy that park.
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The scale of the tragedy can be gauged from the fact that it claimed the lives of anentiregeneration.
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It would have wiped out anentiregenerationin the locality.
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Almost anentiregenerationof brigade and corps commanders have not been able to exercise their formations.
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But we have almost written off anentiregenerationin physical terms.
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The idea of anentiregenerationof schoolchildren having their education prospects blighted causes great concern to their parents.
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Anentiregenerationof farmers believe that they will be the last.
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I see that for anentiregenerationand beyond.
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