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Definition of first-generation adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

first-generation

adjective
 
/ˌfɜːst dʒenəˈreɪʃn/
 
/ˌfɜːrst dʒenəˈreɪʃn/
[usually before noun]
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  1. having left your country to go and live in a new country; being the child of somebody who has left their country to go and live in a new country
    • first-generation Caribbeans in the UK
  2. being or connected with the earliest type of something to be developed, for example a machine or piece of software
    • a first-generation video game

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