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First-generation definition

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Of or being an immigrant taking up permanent residence in a country; often, specif., of or being a naturalized, foreign-born citizen of a country.
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Of or being a native-born citizen of a country whose parents had immigrated into that country.
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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.

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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Of, relating to, or being the first form or version available to users.

First-generation computer software.

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Of or relating to a person who has left one country and settled in another.
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Of or relating to a person or persons whose parents are immigrants.
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Of or relating to an immigrant or his family.
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Of or relating to the initial version of a class of products.
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First-generation Sentence Examples

  • The complaints about poor reception and dropped calls has been around since the first-generation iPhone and it has carried through to the 3G and 3GS versions as well.

  • The interior was marble and polished wood, dating back to a time when first generation craftsmen took pride in their workmanship.

  • It would have been a miracle if the first generation of Mexican and South American history had not been anarchical.

  • This account Papias had derived, he tells us, from an informant who had heard it repeatedly given by "the elder," a Christian of the first generation.

  • The first generation of Christians was not given to writing.

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