intergeneration
intergeneration — adjective
- intergenerationpositive
- more intergenerationcomparative
- most intergenerationsuperlative
1. connected with the way people from different age groups — especially younger and
connected with the way people from different age groups — especially younger and older generations — relate to, affect, or depend on one another within a family, workplace, or society.
Sirin's research examines intergeneration poverty in rural communities across Southeast Asia.
attributive use before noun: intergeneration + [abstract noun]
The community centre runs an intergeneration mentoring programme that pairs retirees with local teenagers.
collocation: intergeneration mentoring / intergeneration programme
Intergeneration conflict often arises when older and younger workers have different ideas about communication.
A strong intergeneration bond developed between the elderly residents and the kindergarten next door.
- intergenerational
the more common, fully inflected form; 'intergeneration' is a shorter variant used mainly in academic and policy writing
- cross-generational
emphasises movement or activity across age groups, often in social-programme contexts
- multigenerational
implies three or more generations are involved, whereas 'intergeneration' can describe a two-way link
- intragenerational
describing something that happens within a single generation, not between generations
文法句型
intergeneration + noun
用法筆記
Always placed before the noun it modifies (e.g. intergeneration dialogue, intergeneration transfer). Unlike many adjectives, it has no comparative or superlative forms — a situation is intergeneration or it is not.