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The definition of first-generation is the first type of a product that is made, or the first people in a family to immigrate to a new country.

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Immigrants who come to the country as the first in their family are an example of first-generation immigrants.
A product that has never before been made is an example of a first-generation product.

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See first-generation in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

designating a naturalized, foreign-born citizen of a country
sometimes, designating a native-born citizen of a country whose parents had immigrated into that country

See first-generation in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Of or relating to a person who has left one country and settled in another.
Of or relating to a person or persons whose parents are immigrants.
Of, relating to, or being the first form or version available to users: first-generation computer software.

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